According to NHC, Tropical Depression Nineteen is expected to slow down near the coast of Honduras late Friday and through the weekend. Maximum sustained winds are 35 mph; some strengthening is expected during the next 48 hours. Topical Depression Nineteen is expected to become a tropical storm later today and will be named Sara.

A tropical depression in the Caribbean Sea became Tropical Storm Sara on Thursday, forecasters said, and poses no immediate threat to South Mississippi even though the storm will likely reach the Gulf of Mexico.

The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday and long-term forecast models show it could enter the Gulf of Mexico and turn toward Florida’s Gulf Coast. As of the NHC’s 1 p.