NHC monitoring Invest 92L for possible tropical development off Atlantic coast this weekend

Tropical development chances increase for Invest 92L

FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg says Invest 92L has a 60% chance of development in the next two days. If it does develop, it will likely be a tropical depression or tropical storm impacting the Carolinas.

TAMPA, Fla. - The National Hurricane Center says an area of low pressure dubbed Invest 92L could develop near the Atlantic coast this Fourth of July weekend.

What are the chances of development?

By the numbers:

Invest 92L formed about 100 miles east of Jacksonville, according to the NHC, which is giving it a 60% chance in the next two days.

The National Hurricane Center is giving Invest 92L a 60% chance of development in the next two days.

NOAA's Hurricane Hunters are scheduled to fly into the area of disturbed weather off the Southeast coast Friday afternoon.

What is an invest?

Big picture view:

An invest is a naming convention used to identify areas forecasters are investigating for possible tropical development into a tropical depression or tropical storm within the next seven days.

Is there a tropical threat in the Tampa Bay area?

Local perspective:

"This is not going to impact us," FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg said. "It is going to drift northeastward and potentially become a depression or a tropical storm by the end of the weekend."

Osterberg says drier air will be pulled into the Bay Area as the potential disturbance moves away, leading to lower rain chances late this weekend and into next week.

Before that, though, storms are moving through the Bay Area this Fourth of July. Osterberg says rounds of wet weather could impact nighttime outdoor events.