The National Hurricane Center began advisories Wednesday on a system it forecasts to become the season’s next tropical depression or storm. Long-range forecast models predict it will intensify into a hurricane and threaten Florida by the middle of next week.

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Tampa Bay forecasters say it’s too early to tell where the storm will go, but urged residents to keep an eye on forecasts.