Tropical Storm Matthew continues to slowly get better organized as it enters the Eastern Caribbean.

The storm is moving and will move west for the next few days. After this weekend the forecast gets more challenging.

Matthew got a little stronger today, 65 mph sustained winds.

The waters are warm and the wind shear is expected to decrease, so Matthew should strengthen over the next few days.

Movement is west at 15 mph, a little slower than earlier. This movement is expected to continue for a few more days with a slower forward speed.

After that, the system should turn rather sharply toward the north.

There are plenty of questions regarding a future track of Matthew, but its unique path will be very closely monitored by your Weather Experts at News 13 as it may get fairly close to Florida by the middle or end of next week.

Matthew may slow down after it gets into the Caribbean, which is critical in the long term. It should be late Saturday before it begins turning northwest. In any case, after this system begins turning northwest early next week, a couple of key pieces of the puzzle will begin to fall into place, and we’ll have a little better handle on when it may have an impact Cuba, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, or the Bahamas.

Matthew should make it into the central Caribbean, but where it strays is still up in the air. A closer track to South America may impact development of the storm thanks to the coastal mountains and wind flow. If it trends more north, we’ll have ample opportunity for this storm to feed off the warm water and weakening shear.

If it begins turning north or northwest, the storm may sneak between a ridge of high pressure over Bermuda and a trough digging out over the southern U.S. next week. If the trough is stronger, it could steer the storm north, then northeast over or east of the Bahamas. If the trough is weaker, we’ll need to be on guard here in Florida.