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Invest 95L off the Central American coast in the southwestern Caribbean Sea has developed a well-defined center and could become a before it moves inland by early Tuesday.
There’s a little more than a month left in the and there’s no sign that the tropics are starting to quiet down, with making landfall on the Caribbean island of Barbuda over the weekend.
What’s the latest with Invest 95L?
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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) says showers and associated with Invest 95L off the coast of Nicaragua in the southwestern Caribbean Sea continue to show signs of organization, and environmental conditions appear favorable for development.
The NHC said that if the system continues to develop, tropical advisories could be issued later on Monday and a short-lived tropical depression could form before the system moves inland over Nicaragua.
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Regardless of development, heavy rain is likely over portions of Central America, which could lead to and in the higher elevations.
The NHC is giving Invest 95L a high chance of developing over the next two days.
Computer forecast models bring the disturbance west across Central America and southern , potentially emerging over the Eastern Pacific later this week.
This graphic shows a composition of possible tracks for Invest 95L in the southwestern Caribbean.
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