Invest 97L tagged by the National Hurricane Center

ORLANDO, Fla. – A tropical wave being watched by the National Hurricane Center is looking better organized Saturday evening, and has received the designation Invest 97L.

The wave has developed a broad but closed area of low pressure near its center, and tonight on satellite is looking fairly healthy albeit large in size.

This may slow the pace with which it fully consolidates into our next named storm, but computer models are in firm agreement there will be a small window to develop tropical storm characteristics over the coming next five days.

The next name on the list is Lorenzo.

In traditional 2025 fashion, however, Lorenzo is a non-issue for everyone out there across the Atlantic, including us at home in Central Florida. As it continues to get its act together, a break in our subtropical high pressure over the middle portions of the Atlantic will allow it to quickly ride north and out to sea.

Bermuda and our neighbors in the Lesser Antilles should come out of this unscathed, after battling some torrential rains and high winds brought on by what’s left of Jerry.

Truthfully, the signal we’re following behind what could become Lorenzo is what has us intrigued here in the weather center. Despite getting towards the very tail end of the hurricane season, the Africa continent continues to produce tropical waves.

After the weekend, closer to Monday if not very early Tuesday, an upstream wave back behind Invest 97L is expected to splashdown into Atlantic waters off the west coast of Africa.

This one could be an interesting player as it nears the Lesser Antilles, as all computer model guidance suggests it doesn’t easily curve away. Some global computer models, and their artificial intelligence counterparts do show the potential for a developing system inside the Caribbean before it either crashes into Central America or makes the fateful turn north.

We’ve got lots of time to spend with both systems, so details will continue to slowly roll out over the coming days. After Lorenzo, would be Melissa.