The first tropical weather outlook of the year is hot off the press from National Hurricane Center as a non-tropical area of low pressure attempts to build some tropical thunderstorm action in its vortex. Here's what you need to know; and this is not as rare as one would think.

The disturbance in the Caribbean formerly known as Invest 99L has now been designated as Potential Tropical Cyclone 19.

Potential Tropical Cyclone 18 has formed in the south-central Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

This disturbance is expected to become a tropical storm, gaining the name Ernesto.

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A tropical storm could develop later Friday in the Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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