MIAMI – The National Hurricane Center designated a tropical wave in the Atlantic as Invest 98L on Saturday as it slowly crept toward the Caribbean.

The term "invest" is used by the NHC to identify weather disturbances they are investigating for possible development into a tropical depression or tropical storm within the next seven days, can run special hurricane computer forecast models.

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Invest 98L is located roughly 800 miles east of the Windward Islands and is moving west at 20 mph.

The NHC said it's likely that 98L will likely gradually develop, though for now the agency says odds are still "low" of reaching at least tropical depression status within the next week.

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