Channel 9 meteorologists are monitoring an area of tropical disturbance south of Florida.▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWSThe low-pressure area in the Caribbean will develop into Sara later this week or over the weekend.

"Not only does this have a significant chance of becoming a hurricane, but it may become a major hurricane very quickly," hurricane expert Alex DaSilva said

The National Hurricane Center says that the broad area of low pressure is likely to develop over the southwestern Caribbean Sea over the next few days, adding that a tropical depression could form late this week or over the weekend as the system drifts northward or northeastward over the southwestern and central Caribbean.

A tropical wave in the Caribbean has an 80% chance of becoming a tropical depression. Meanwhile, Polk County will enjoy falling temperatures.

A tropical wave producing a cluster of showers and thunderstorms across the Caribbean has an 80% chance of becoming a tropical depression.