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Invest 97L has a 90% chance of strengthening into a tropical depression or storm in the central Atlantic.

The system could become a major hurricane by Aug. 16, though its path remains uncertain.

Will the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season emerge this week?

Invest 97L, a developing system in the eastern Atlantic, could strengthen into a tropical depression or tropical storm as early as Monday morning, Aug. 11, according to the National Weather Center.

AccuWeather forecasters predict the system could strengthen into a hurricane by Thursday, Aug. 14, and possibly even into a major hurricane — of Category 3 or greater — by Aug. 16. Historically, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season forms Aug. 11.

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