Meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) are on Sunday (June 13) tracking two weather disturbances for further development in the coming days.

The first low-pressure system located over the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico, has a 50 per cent chance of further strengthening in the next five days.

According to the US-based NHC, the broad area of thunderstorms became better organised in the past 24 hours.

“Slow development is possible during the next few days while the system meanders near the coast of Mexico, and a tropical depression could form late in the week while the system begins to move slowly northward,” the NHC advised.

Regardless of development, the NHC added, heavy rainfall is possible over portions of Central America and southern Mexico during the next several days.

Nearly two weeks into the 2021 hurricane season, and sleuths at the NHC are also eyeing a non-tropical area of low pressure that has formed some 241 kilometres (150 miles) south of Wilmington, North Carolina.

The hurricane watchdog indicated that the second system is producing disorganised showers and thunderstorms and does not pose any threat to land.

“This system is forecast to move northeastward for the next few days near the warm Gulf Stream, which could allow for some tropical development to occur while it moves away from the United States. The low[-pressure system] should be over cold waters south of Nova Scotia by midweek, ending its development chances,” the Florida-based agency explained.

The NHC places the Carolinas disturbance’s strengthening chances at a “low” 20 per cent.