India, Oct. 6 -- US forecasters are keeping a careful eye on a wide region of low pressure in the central tropical Atlantic, which they believe has a strong likelihood of turning into Tropical Storm Jerry this week.

Formerly classified as AL95, the disturbance has a seventy percent probability of developing into a tropical storm within the next seven days, according to the National Hurricane Center as of Monday, Oct. 6.

The system is rapidly moving west-northwest across the Atlantic, creating a wide region of scattered precipitation and thunderstorms.

The climate is conducive to slow growth, and in the coming days, a tropical depression is probably going to emerge.

The system may make landfall in the northern Leeward Islands by the en...