The National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on a tropical wave in the eastern Caribbean Sea that could develop into a tropical depression later this week, however it is one that is not currently expected to impact the United States.

The storm, currently labeled as Invest 98L , is located a few hundred miles west of the Windward Islands and is producing "a large area of poorly organized showers and thunderstorms," the hurricane center said in an Oct. 20 advisory.

"Recent satellite-derived wind data indicate that the disturbance continues to lack a closed circulation, although it is producing winds of 30 to 40 mph to the north and east of the wave axis," hurricane center forecasters said in the advisory, noting that the system is moving quickly westward, which should "limit significa

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