Invest 94L continues moving west across Atlantic while tropical system brews in western Caribbean

MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is currently monitoring Invest 94-L and a second disturbance in the Caribbean.

Invest 94-L, a broad area of low pressure located over the central tropical Atlantic, could become a tropical depression late this week, the NHC says. Currently producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, Invest 94-L was previously embedded in a dry, unfavorable environment that prevented it from developing any further. Now, as the system moves generally westward, the NHC says conditions could become marginally conducive for formation, with gradual development beginning late week.

As the system nears the Leeward and Virgin Islands, the NHC thinks a tropical depression could form.. Current models show an insignificant system moving into the Caribbean, where it could interact with land and die out. Formation chances are pretty low and have slightly decreased over the week. In the next 48 hours, the NHC says there is a 30% chance of this system developing. Those odds are just 40% in the next seven days.