Hurricane season is in full swing and meteorologists are keeping a close eye on Invest 99L, one of five tropical turbulence systems in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico that could develop further.
MIAMI – Meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) are keeping an eye on five tropical disturbances raging over the Atlantic basin, including the newly named hurricane type Invest 99L off the east coast of the United States.
An “invest” is simply a naming convention used by the NHC in Miami, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) in Honolulu, Hawaii, and the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to identify areas that they are monitoring for possible development into a tropical depression or tropical storm within the next seven days.
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The NHC said Invest 99L is located a few hundred miles east of North Carolina and is causing showers and thunderstorms to the northeast and east of the system’s center.
Invest 99L may acquire some subtropical characteristics over the next few days as it moves north-northeast.
Invest 99L is expected to remain off the northeast coast and once the system moves over cooler waters by Saturday evening, no further subtropical development is expected.
The NHC gives Invest 99L little chance of development.
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Tropical disturbance detected near Texas coast
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An area of unsettled weather off the coast of Texas and Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico will be monitored again for possible tropical development in the next few days.
This area of unstable weather has been hitting the Gulf Coast with heavy rains in recent days, but the NHC lowered development prospects earlier this week.
However, in its update Thursday morning, the NHC reiterated that it would monitor the system.
The NHC said upper-level winds are expected to be less conducive to development through Friday and Saturday as a front approaches the area.
“Although further shaking is expected, heavy rains are expected in parts of the northern Gulf Coast over the next few days,” the NHC said.
The NHC gives the system little chance of development.
Once the storm reaches the Gulf of Mexico, unrest could arise in the Caribbean
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A tropical disturbance is moving westward across the western Caribbean at about 20 mph (32 km/h) and continues to produce a widespread area of intermittent showers and thunderstorms.
The NHC says some development of this system is possible over the next few days after the system moves across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and then into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. The likelihood of the system developing over the next week is low.
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Tropical disturbances could slowly develop in the Eastern Atlantic
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A tropical disturbance over the eastern tropical Atlantic is producing a widespread area of scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. The NHC said slow development is possible over the next few days as the system drifts northwest or north.
The likelihood of the disorder developing over the next week is low.
Disturbances in the Central Atlantic have only a small window of time to develop
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A tropical disturbance several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles continues to produce scattered rainfall and thunderstorms. The NHC said strong upper-level winds are expected to limit the system’s development as it moves west-northwest.
The NHC said environmental conditions could become more conducive to slow development early next week as the system moves northwest over the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. The probability of the system developing over the next seven days is low.
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