Hurricane watch: Forecasters tracking possible trouble spots in Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

 As Hurricane Cristobal aims for Bermuda, hurricane forecasters are watching two other possible trouble spots in tropical waters.

At 8 a.m. EDT, the National Hurricane Center said shower and thunderstorm activity associated with a weak low pressure area over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico has increased, and some additional development is possible before it moves inland over southern Texas and northern Mexico. An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter plane is scheduled to investigate later on Wednesday, if necessary, according to the Hurricane Center.

The chance of development within the next two to five days was listed at 20 percent.

A tropical wave located about 600 miles east of the Lesser Antilles was given even less of a chance of development as it produces disorganized cloudiness and showers.

There was no chance of development within the next 48 hours, and 10 percent chance within the next five days.

"However, environmental conditions could become favorable for some development by early next week in the western Caribbean Sea or southern Gulf of Mexico," the Hurricane Center said.

The Hurricane Center also said a tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa on Friday, and "conditions appear favorable for some development thereafter while the system moves westward at 10 to 15 mph across the eastern Atlantic. Forecasters said there is a 40 percent chance of development within the next five days.

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