Initially, the tropical depression was forecast to drift west-southwestward before turning to the north; within five days of the forecast's issuance, the system was predicted to be located about  south of the Isle of Youth as a  hurricane.
At first, the tropical depression was expected to move west-southwest before making a turn towards the north; by the time five days had passed since the initial forecast, it was predicted that the system would be located approximately 100 miles south of the Isle of Youth and would have intensified into a hurricane.