The National Hurricane Center has classified a tropical wave in the central Atlantic as Invest 96L.
Forecasters said the system could become a tropical depression over the weekend as it moves across the Atlantic.
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Historically, the fifth-named storm in the Atlantic develops Aug. 22, with the first hurricane developing Aug. 11. The last three storms in the Atlantic have formed ahead of historical averages.
Invest 96L is one of three systems being tracked by the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical Storm Dexter in the northern Atlantic is expected to reach hurricane strength within the next 24 hours.
Chances for development have decreased for a system off the southeastern coast of the U.S.
The next named storms of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season will be Erin and Fernand.
Spaghetti models for Invest 96L. See expected path
Special note about spaghetti models: Spaghetti model illustrations include an array of forecast tools and models, and not all are created equal. The Hurricane Center uses only the top four or five highest performing models to help make its forecasts.
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What is an invest?
Short for investigation, the National Hurricane Center uses the term invest for areas of low pressure it is monitoring for potential development into a tropical depression or storm.
Invests are not tropical depressions or tropical storms. They’re usually clusters of showers and thunderstorms, and just because they’ve been designated as an invest does not guarantee they’ll strengthen into a tropical storm or hurricane.
Invests run from 90 to 99, followed by a letter: L for the Atlantic basin and E for those in the eastern Pacific. After 99, it starts over again and the next invest would be 90.
Once something has been designated as an invest, specialized data sets and computer models can begin, including scheduling Hurricane Hunter aircraft missions and running spaghetti models.
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This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: See latest spaghetti models, tracker map for Invest 96L
Reporting by Cheryl McCloud, USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida / Florida Times-Union
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