A swirling low pressure area in the western Caribbean could briefly transform into a tropical depression or storm before reaching Belize or eastern Mexico this weekend.

The system received an Invest 95L designation from the National Hurricane Center. In this case, the marking is made to run special hurricane models on the system.

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Satellites monitored an extensive and closed but elongated low pressure area north of Honduras early Friday morning.

The system does not pose a threat to the United States. If Invest 95L becomes a tropical storm, it will be named Nadine.

The biggest threat from this system, whether modernized or not, is heavy rains in Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, and southern and eastern Mexico.

As it moves west, it will bring 3 to 8 inches of rain in these counties, with up to 15 inches in some communities.

Some areas along the Caribbean coast from the Yucatan Peninsula to Honduras could experience gusty winds this weekend.

Jonathan Belles is a graphic meteorologist and author for Weather.com for 8 years and also helps produce videos for The Weather Channel en español. His favorite weather is tropical weather, but he also enjoys covering severe weather events, news reports, and winter storms. He is a two-time graduate of Florida State University and a proud graduate of St. Petersburg College.