Record-warm ocean heat is lingering in the Gulf and Caribbean, but it’s too soon to tell where the likely system could strike, experts say.

The formation of a possible — read that as "likely" — storm system is being forecast by the early to middle part of next week over the northwestern Caribbean and the adjacent portions of Central America.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is now tracking Potential Tropical Cyclone Six in the Gulf of Mexico, as millions of people along parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Texas to Louisiana are