A weather disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean had a 90 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next couple of days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Sunday.

The system was midway between the Cape Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean, and posed no immediate threat to land.

It was moving west to west-northwest on a path that could take it well east of the Bahamas by Friday. [ YAHOO NEWS ]