Tropical Storm Lisa expected to form Monday over Caribbean

Tropical Storm Lisa is expected to form Monday in the Caribbean from a system known as Potential Tropical Cyclone 15, and it could be near hurricane strength by midweek, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest advisory.

The National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories Sunday evening for Potential Tropical Cyclone 15. As of 5 a.m. Monday it was located 16 miles south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and 415 miles southeast of Grand Cayman.

It was producing maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and moving west at 12 mph.

A potential tropical cyclone is a system capable of bringing tropical storm conditions to land within 48 hours without technically being a tropical cyclone yet.

Jamaica and Grand Cayman remained under a tropical storm watch early Monday.

The system is expected to bring 1 to 2 inches of rain to this week to portions of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Cayman Islands, northern Honduras and eastern Nicaragua.

Belize and Jamaica could see flash flooding and 2 to 4 inches of rain, with localized totals of up to 6 inches in Belize, the National Hurricane Center said.

Tropical Storm Lisa is expected to form Monday in the Caribbean from Potential Tropical Cyclone 15, which could be near hurricane strength by midweek, according to the National Hurricane Center. (National Hurricane Center)

The storm currently poses no threat to Florida.

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There have been six tropical storms, two hurricanes and two major hurricanes, Fiona and Ian, so far this season.

NOAA has predicted between two and six more hurricanes to form before hurricane season officially ends on Nov. 30.

After Lisa, the next named storm to form will be Martin.