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The National Hurricane Center is predicting Invest 97L could become a tropical depression or tropical storm as early as later ...

Invest 97L could make landfall as a Category 3 Hurricane Helene DaSilva expects that Invest 97L could rapidly intensify to a Category 2 hurricane based on current data, but says that is ...

A tropical depression and possibly a tropical storm is now likely to form in days and is now Invest 97L, according to the National Hurricane Center's 2 p.m. Tropical Weather Outlook.

9:00 p.m. update The overall chance for Invest 97L to organize remains at 70%, however; the 48-hour chance is now up 40% - indicating that we are getting closer to the organization of the system.

"Invest" is short for "investigative area" which allows the National Hurricane Center to monitor the area of disturbed weather for further development.