General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOK Folks this is looking serious - if Invest 91L develops someone will get hit
Caribbean and GOM folks please pay attention
1. A couple of disorganized areas of disturbed weather are embedded
within an elongated area of low pressure located several hundred
miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Only slow
development is anticipated during the next day or two, but
conditions are forecast to become a little more conducive for
tropical cyclone formation by later in the week while the system
moves westward at about 15 mph over the tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent.
Remember this
watoos
(7,142 posts)I told her to watch out for hurricanes. She is in Bermuda now on a cruise. Maybe she will get out before it hits.
malaise
(269,157 posts)but Gert isn't expected to hit Bermuda.
That said I wouldn't like to be on any ship in Bermuda.
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WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)From NWS/NHC -
A weather system for which a tropical cyclone forecast center (NHC, CPHC, or JTWC) is interested in collecting specialized data sets (e.g., microwave imagery) and/or running model guidance. Once a system has been designated as an invest, data collection and processing is initiated on a number of government and academic web sites, including the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (UW-CIMSS). The designation of a system as an invest does not correspond to any particular likelihood of development of the system into a tropical cyclone; operational products such as the Tropical Weather Outlook or the JTWC/TCFA should be consulted for this purpose.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgloss.shtml#i
TWC had a good description as well -
These full labels in the Atlantic would be displayed as Invest 90L, Invest 91L, etc. In the eastern Pacific, you would see Invest 90E, Invest 91E, etc.
This naming convention is used by the National Hurricane Center to identify features they are monitoring for potential future development into a tropical depression or a tropical storm.
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/what-is-an-invest-20120815
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)been, and just said "Google"! 😊🍻
BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)is that I just saw the TWC article a couple days ago and wasn't sure about the term use myself despite being a weather geek!
Ligyron
(7,639 posts)Gotta keep an eye on those two. Stay safe.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)July 4th
Sheer Terror
Halloween
secondwind
(16,903 posts)sabbat hunter
(6,835 posts)that 'someone will be hit'
There is a lot of dry air that will inhibit any development ahead of the invest. Plus the models are not accurate this far out in terms of track and strength.