The eventual path and strength of newly named Tropical Storm Sara remain uncertain Thursday, with forecasters closely monitoring each computer model run as the system spins in the Caribbean Sea near storm-vulnerable Central America,

The National Hurricane Center expects the season’s next tropical depression or storm to form in the Caribbean soon, and forecast models predict it will intensify into a hurricane and

A storm system, which would earn the name “Sara,” is expected to form soon in the Caribbean, and could affect the United States down the road. It’s too early to know exactly where the storm will go once it forms and what areas will be affected — particularly because the system has no established center of circulation yet.