At 24/00Z Invest 98L was located at 13.3N 25.6W and its chances for additional development into a tropical cyclone on Wednesday are now at 70%. Pressure is now 1008MB and winds are increasing. If convection increases, its possible that NHC might take this system directly to Tropical Storm status, however, that status could be short lived. SSTs are a couple of degrees cooler along the projected path to the west northwest for the next day or two - and westerly windshear will be on the increase late Wednesday into Thursday. Movement is to the west northwest at 13 knots.
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