There is quite a bit of "troughiness" to the west of this developing system. It is becoming more likely a TC will develop from 97L but its future direction seems to be northward and out to sea from its present location. If the system trailing it merges into it, then it could become a rather large and relatively potent system perhaps. Presently, even if the system has a closed low, there is not enough there to merit more than a weak depression classification.