According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, hurricane forecasters are monitoring a tropical disturbance in the northwestern Caribbean that is likely to develop toward the Gulf of Mexico in a few days.

Later this week, the Caribbean system is expected to move northward across the eastern Gulf, with an 80% chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm in the next few days and a 90% chance of developing within the next week, forecasters said in a 7 a.m. update Monday.

After the system moves into the Gulf, further developments may occur, so residents of the northern and northeastern Gulf Coast should continue to monitor the system over the next few days, NHC meteorologists said. At this time, it does not pose an immediate threat to Louisiana.

Regardless of the development, parts of Central America are bracing for heavy rains in the coming days. Similar to residents of the Gulf Coast, residents of the northwestern Caribbean, Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and western Cuba should also keep an eye on the disturbances, meteorologists said.

Here’s what else hurricane forecasters are watching.

Atlantic wave

A tropical wave between West Africa and the Cape Verde Islands is likely to develop into a low-pressure area later this week, meteorologists said Monday morning.

The wave currently producing scattered showers and thunderstorms has a 70% chance of developing over the next week as it moves across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.

System in Bermuda disintegrates

A low-pressure area in the central subtropical Atlantic, which hurricane forecasters began tracking at 2 p.m. on Sunday, dissipated within a few hours.