As per the National Hurricane Center’s 2 pm Monday update, the potential tropical cyclone is 110 miles south-southwest of Grand Cayman and 340 miles southeast of the Western Tip of Cuba, with maximum sustained wind of 30 mph. It’s moving 6 mph to the north.

Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 has the potential to rapidly intensify into powerful Category 3 hurricane, according to AccuWeather.

An official forecast from the NHC calls for the system, which is expected to become Tropical Storm Helene on Tuesday, to make landfall Thursday in an area stretching from Tampa through the Florida Panhandle as a 110-mph Category 2 hurricane.

A tropical depression or storm could form in the next two days for a system bound for the Gulf of Mexico that could threaten Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A large, slowly-spinning system across the northern Caribbean and southern Gulf of Mexico could develop into something serious, forecasters said.

The potential tropical cyclone was first addressed in an advisory by the National Hurricane Center at 11 am Monday. The potential tropical cyclone is 130 miles south-southwest of Grand Cayman and 350 miles south-southeast of the Western Tip of Cuba, with maximum sustained wind of 30 mph. It’s moving 6 mph to the north.

A large, slowly-spinning system across the northern Caribbean and southern Gulf of Mexico could develop into something serious, forecasters said.

Forecasters are monitoring a tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean that has a high chance for development over the next seven days and is forecast to become a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said.