AUSTIN (KXAN) -- We are in peak tropic season, and it seems like every other day there is a new area to watch in the Atlantic Basin for tropical development. Meteorologists categorize tropical waves with numbers and letters while hurricane hunters fly into storms, to better get an understanding of the strength of the disturbance.

Meteorologist Tommy House sat down with Meteorologist Cameron Batiste with the National Weather Service to discuss.

Read an edited version of the conversation below.

Meteorologist Tommy House: When there is a cluster or a wave of showers and thunderstorms, the National Hurricane Center calls it an invest. What is an invest?

Cameron Batiste: An invest is something the National Hurricane Center designates as either a tropical wave or tropical disturbance that th

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