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An invest in meteorology (alternatively written INVEST) is a designated area of disturbed weather that is being monitored for tropical cyclone development. Invests are designated by three separate forecast centers: the National Hurricane Center, Central Pacific Hurricane Center and Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The designation of a system as an invest does not necessarily correspond to any particular likelihood of development of the system into a tropical cyclone.

Designation

An example of an invest - the example is from 07/11/2005 and is 97W with winds of 15 knots and a pressure of 1006mb.

Invests are designated by three separate forecast centers: the National Hurricane Center, Central Pacific Hurricane Center and Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The designation of a system as an invest does not necessarily correspond to any particular likelihood of development of the system into a tropical cyclone.

Numbering

Invests are numbered from 90 to 99, followed by L in the Atlantic, E and C in the East and Central Pacific respectively, or W in the West Pacific; the Joint Typhoon Warning Center also issues unofficial warnings for the Australian cyclone region, designating tropical invests with the "S" suffix when they form west of 135°E, and the "P" suffix when they form east of 135°E. Invests in the North Indian Ocean cyclone basin are also labelled by the JWTC, and are suffixed with "A" if they from in the Arabian Sea and with "B" if they form in the Bay of Bengal.

Example of a typical invest

94L/Kyle before become a Tropical Cyclone.

• 94L.INVEST or Hurricane Kyle (2008) formed on September 25, 2008 and throughout its life was a strong system. On September 24, it began to track northward away from the Carribean Sea, and developed enough strong thunderstorm activity near its center and a well-defined enough circulation to be deemed a tropical storm on September 25.[1] It strengthened to a hurricane on September 27 west of Bermuda. It made landfall in Nova Scotia as a Category 1 hurricane late on September 28, then became extratropical shortly afterward. As an invest Kyle caused major damage in Puerto Rico mostly due to rain.

External links

• Navy/NRL Tropical Cyclone Page - Current tropical cyclones and INVESTS worldwide