At 22/18Z, Invest 98L was slowly consolidating its increasing convection near 12.2N 18.9W, or southeast of the Cape Verde Islands just off the west coast of Africa. Pressure was 1009MB, SST is 28.5C, sustained winds were at 25 knots and movement was to the west at 12 knots. The system is currently moving through an area of light windshear so some additional development is possible in the next couple of days. Future movement should be to the west and west northwest with the system beginning to encounter an increase in westerly upper windshear by late Wednesday or early Thursday.
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(Title updated to reflect current cyclone status.)