“The big question we just can’t answer yet, is how much interaction it will have with the islands of Hispaniola and Cuba. A more northerly track would keep the storm over water and likely allow it to become a hurricane. But if it stays on the southern side of the cone, it could weaken quite a bit.”

Jeff says that based on the current forecast, tropical storm force winds could arrive to portions of South Florida as early as Monday morning.

However, he encourages all Floridians to finish their hurricane preparations this weekend due to uncertainties in Tropical Depression Thirteen’s forecast.