Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.T​he Atlantic hurricane season's 18th named storm, Sara, is likely to form in the Caribbean and might head toward the Gulf of Mexico next week,

For Floridians, the focus shifts to enjoying cooler fall weather and preparing for the next cold front mid-week. With Sara dissipating and no new tropical threats on the horizon, the season appears to be winding down weeks before its official ending date November 30.

Here’s what to know about the possibility of a tropical system materializing over the western Caribbean. If it becomes a named storm, it would be Sara.