Tropical Storm Sara forms, but no longer seems to pose serious threat to Florida

Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday, but is now no longer considered a threat to Florida.

The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Sara is taking a path over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Its time over land will help the storm fall apart by the time it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. 

Earlier models had suggested it could be a tropical threat to Florida by next week.

As of Thursday night, Sara was located about 130 miles east-southeast of Honduras and moving west at 10 mph with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.

The storm became the 18th named system of the 2024 hurricane season. Tropical-storm-force winds extend out up to 105 miles.

It's still too early to be definitive, but current models suggest that remnants could make an impact on Florida by midweek but might just mean higher rain chances.