Forecasters tell residents of eastern Gulf Coast and Florida to monitor the forecast closely for potential impacts next week.

Now, all eyes are on Tropical Storm Sara, as it meanders over the western Caribbean Sea through the weekend. From there, its future is very uncertain. Topography over Central America and Mexico will work to tear the storm apart.

The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday, but its forecast path over Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula now has it falling apart by the time it