Track Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine in Florida

The latest: Florida’s Gulf Coast should prepare for a major hurricane with winds extending far across the peninsula in the coming days, forecasters said. On Tuesday morning, a disturbance in the Caribbean Sea south of Cuba was moving northwest. It is set to turn north or northeast and grow into a powerful hurricane as it moves over warm water. The storm’s eye remains headed toward landfall in North Florida late on Thursday, but experts warn that even if its track remains far west of Tampa Bay, it could still bring hurricane-force winds and several feet of storm surge to the region.