The National Hurricane Center in Florida is tracking Invest 95L in the Atlantic on Oct. 6 and expects further development in the next several days.
Invest 95L is expected to move west-northwestward across the central tropical Atlantic and could become a tropical depression by midweek, the hurricane center’s forecast said.
The system is expected to approach the Leeward Islands by the latter part of this week.
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“It is becoming likely that this will organize into a tropical storm this week,” said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dan Pydynowski.
The next named storm of the hurricane season is Jerry.
It’s too soon to tell what, if any, impacts the system will have on Florida. Currently, models show the system turning north near the Caribbean.
In the Fort Myers, Florida area, showers and thunderstorms are a daily possibility this week. Temperatures are forecast to be in the high 80s.
Invest 95L spaghetti models. 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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Where is Invest 95L and where is it going?
Special note on the NHC cone: The forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.
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This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: NHC tracking Invest 95L. See spaghetti models. Fort Myers impact?