Tropical Wave Invest 98L: Caribbean Storm Potential and Texas Forecast

Tropical Wave Invest 98L

• 🌀 A new tropical wave, designated Invest 98L, is being watched in the Caribbean with high odds for development over the next few days.
• 🌊 This system is currently an open tropical wave with convection firing around its center as it moves through the Windward Islands and into the Caribbean Sea.
• 🏷️ If it develops further, it will be named Melissa, becoming the next storm on the list.

Storm Track and Potential Impacts

• 📊 Model plots, or spaghetti plots, show various potential solutions for the storm's path, with most keeping it stalled in the middle of the Caribbean for several days.
• 🚫 Currently, none of the models indicate a threat to the United States, including the Texas Gulf Coast.
• ⚠️ Potential impacts are more likely for the Caribbean, Central America, and possibly Florida if the system can be steered north.

Near-Term Forecast for Texas

• ☀️ For the rest of the current week and into the start of next week, the models suggest no tropical threat to Houston or the Texas Gulf Coast.
• 🛰️ A system is indicated in the western Caribbean, but it is expected to stay out of the Gulf of Mexico according to current model solutions.
• ⏳ While there is no immediate threat, forecasters will continue to monitor the situation for at least another seven days as a lot can change.