"Showers and thunderstorms located over the Florida peninsula, the southeastern U.S. coast, the northwestern Bahamas, and the adjacent Atlantic and Gulf waters are associated with a broad trough of low pressure," the National Hurricane Center said.

If the storm becomes tropical later this week, it will be the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.

On the second day of the 2025 hurricane season, the hurricane center reported it was keeping an eye on a potential storm system off the East Coast. The center said the chance of i