The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday, and long-term forecast models show it could enter the Gulf of Mexico and turn toward Florida’s Gulf Coast. As of the NHC’s 10 a.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Forecasters expect Tropical Storm Sara to form in the western Caribbean Sea in the next 24 hours, but there is a great deal of uncertainty about what, if any, impacts it will have in Florida or other parts of the U.S. Gulf coast.

Tropical Storm Sara is expected to form in the western Caribbean and still has a chance of taking a turn to the northeast toward Florida, the National Hurricane Center said. Here’s the