UPDATE: 97L was upgraded to TS Fiona at 30/21Z.

Invest 97L was located south of the Cape Verde Islands near 11.0N 21.7W at 27/00Z. This is another system with a rather large circulation envelope with most of the convection currently located to the southwest of the center. Larger systems usually develop slowly, however the SHIPS model brings the system to hurricane strength (Cat I) by Sunday evening (probably more like Monday given an initially slow development rate). Also of interest is that most of the models move the system to the west northwest to northwest almost immediately. Conditions are generally favorable for continued development and tropical cyclone status is possible by Friday evening or Saturday morning.
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