{"id":13793,"date":"2025-10-21T11:44:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/13793\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T11:44:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:44:03","slug":"invest-98l-likely-to-become-tropical-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/13793\/","title":{"rendered":"Invest 98L likely to become tropical depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/29E7A95147400C276DB0D3771B227B2D_7.jpg\" alt=\"Invest 98L could become a tropical depression\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; FOX 13 meteorologists are tracking Invest 98L as it treks across the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">As of Monday afternoon, it had a 50% chance of developing over the next two days and an 80% chance of developing over the next week.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The NHC said Invest 98L, which is currently located in the eastern Caribbean a few hundred miles to the west of the Windward Islands, is continuing to produce a large area of poorly organized showers and thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/98l.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">It is moving west at 20-25 miles per hour, but FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills says Invest 98L is expected to slow down significantly over the next few days.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">However, because it will be sitting over water with temperatures in the 80s, there will be a tug to the north.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">She noted that models have been struggling to predict where the system will go as there is no defined center of circulation yet.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vlcsnap-2025-10-20-07h55m15s943.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Mills added that the trend is to continue tracking west and then make a sharp turn to the north and northeast.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/manasota-key-residents-still-working-rebuild-restart-year-after-hurricane-milton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manasota Key residents still working to rebuild, restart one year after Hurricane Milton<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">She said that turn will likely occur well to the east of Florida and should not be a concern for us.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/monday-morning-models.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">However, she said that will be bringing some active weather to portions of the Caribbean Islands over the next several days.<\/p>\n<p> What is an invest?\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The term &#8220;invest&#8221; is used by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to identify weather disturbances it is investigating for possible development into a tropical depression or tropical storm within the next seven days. Additionally, the designation allows the NHC to run special hurricane computer forecast models on the system.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">If Invest 98L becomes Tropical Storm or Hurricane Melissa, it will be the 13th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written with information from FOX 13 Meteorologist Valerie Mills forecast, the National Hurricane Center and FOX Weather.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/weather\/hurricanes\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hurricanes<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; FOX 13 meteorologists are tracking Invest 98L as it treks across the Caribbean. 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