ORLANDO, Fla. – The odds of a tropical wave developing have increased as it moves west across the Atlantic.
The wave, now labeled as Invest 95-L, was several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands early Friday.
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An Invest is short for investigation. When an area of low pressure is designated an Invest by the National Hurricane Center, computer forecasts on that specified entity can begin.
In this case, an area of low pressure is interacting with the wave to its east, producing an elongated area of showers and thunderstorms over the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.
“While environmental conditions appear marginal due to dry air to the north, some slow development of this system is possible through early next week, as it moves west across the central tropical Atlantic,” the NHC said.
The NHC said there’s a 50% chance of tropical development -- becoming at least a tropical depression -- over the next two days and a 70% chance over the next seven days.
It’s too soon to know where exactly the system will trek or if it will have any impact on Florida or the U.S.
The next named storm will be called Emily.
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Meantime, Tropical Storm Don early Friday was about 1,000 miles west of The Azores. The storm will not impact the United States and should stay out to sea.
Hurricane season runs through November.