MIAMI – The development odds for Invest 98L swirling across the Atlantic have increased as the system inches closer to the Caribbean, where it could become our next tropical depression.
The term “invest” is used by the NHC to identify weather disturbances they are investigating for possible development into a tropical depression or tropical storm within the next seven days. Additionally, the designation allows them to run special hurricane computer forecast models on the system.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that Invest 98L is currently located a few hundred miles to the east of the Windward Islands, and is continuing to producer a large and persistent area of showers and thunderstorms.
However, the system still lacks a closed circulation but is producing winds of 30 to 35 mph.
Forecasters say that environmental conditions are expected to limit tropical development over the next few days, but Invest 98L is expected to bring heavy rain and gusty winds to the Windward Islands through Monday morning.
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By the middle to end of the upcoming workweek, conditions appear favorable for further development, and a tropical depression could develop while the system slows down over the central Caribbean Sea.
If Invest 98L becomes a tropical storm or hurricane, it would be named Melissa, the 13th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30.
