Invest 98L strengthens into Tropical Storm Melissa in the central Caribbean.

AccuWeather forecasters said it's possible the system could strengthen into a hurricane in the warm waters of the Caribbean.

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As expected, Invest 98L wasted no time and strengthened into Tuesday morning, Oct. 21.

Melissa is the 13th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and the first since Tropical Storm Lorenzo formed Oct. 13.

Both AccuWeather and the National Hurricane Center are predicting Melissa could become the season's next hurricane by the weekend. A hurricane watch has been issued for portions of Haiti.

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