Forecast models reveal the possible paths of Invest 96L, an Atlantic disturbance that meteorologists say has a chance of becoming the next named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. An invest is a meteorological term used to label an area of disturbed weather being monitored for potential tropical development. ET update on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said showers and thunderstorms associated with a low-pressure area several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands had become better organized.
"If the current trends continue, advisories could be initiated on a short-lived tropical depression or storm later today," the agency said. However, it added that environmental conditions on Friday were expected to become more hostile. If the system were to spawn a tropical storm, the next entry on the predetermined list of storm names for the Atlantic season is Dolly.
As of Thursday morning, the NHC gave the system a 70 percent, or "high," chance of tropical cyclone formation over both the next 48 hours and seven days, up from 60 percent on Wednesday. This is a developing story.
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