The National Hurricane Center on Friday forecast a wet weekend as one system approached Florida while increasing the odds a second system in the Atlantic could form into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the system off Florida’s east coast was a weak area of low pressure that had formed near the central Bahamas along the remnants of a frontal boundary.

“This system is expected to meander near Florida and the Bahamas for the next several days,” forecasters said. “Strong upper-level winds are expected to prevent significant development of the low, however the combination of the disturbance with the broader remnant boundary are still expected to produce heavy rainfall across portions of Florida and the Bahamas through the weekend.”

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