Invest 98L likely to become tropical depression

TAMPA, Fla. – FOX 13 meteorologists are tracking Invest 98L as it treks across the Caribbean.

What we know:

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As of Monday morning, it had a 30% chance of developing over the next two days and a 70% chance of developing over the next week.

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The NHC said Invest 98L, which is currently located in the eastern Caribbean a few hundred miles to the west of the Windward Islands, is continuing to produce a large area of poorly organized showers and thunderstorms.

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It is moving west at 20-25 miles per hour, but FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills says Invest 98L is expected to slow down significantly over the next few days.

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Dig deeper:

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However, because it will be sitting over water with temperatures in the 80s, there will be a tug to the north.

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She noted that models have been struggling to predict where the system will go as there is no defined center of circulation yet.

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Mills added that the trend is to continue tracking west and then make a sharp turn to the north and northeast.

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She said that turn will likely occur well to the east of Florida and should not be a concern for us.

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However, she said that will be bringing some active weather to portions of the Caribbean Islands over the next several days.

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What is an invest? 

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The term “invest” is used by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to identify weather disturbances it is investigating for possible development into a tropical depression or tropical storm within the next seven days. Additionally, the designation allows the NHC to run special hurricane computer forecast models on the system.

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What’s next:

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If Invest 98L becomes Tropical Storm or Hurricane Melissa, it will be the 13th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.

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