Hurricane Season is Not Over: Alabama Monitors Latest Development

Meteorologists with the National Hurricane Center are still on guard as hurricane season does not end until November 30.

The Townsquare Media Weather Center is closely tracking Invest 97, where disorganized showers and thunderstorms are linked to a broad area of low-pressure system in the southwestern Caribbean Sea.

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The formation chance through 48 hours is 80%, and it is higher at 90% for the next 7 days.

The system is expected to reach the Gulf of Mexico by mid-week, though forecast models show little consensus on its eventual path.

The European model ensemble members show the system turning westward and dissipating over the western Gulf.

In contrast, the American GFS model shows it as a weakening system moving toward the Central Gulf Coast but has the "potential to bring beneficial rain amounts to parts of the Deep South this weekend (November 9-10)," said James Spann, ABC 33/40 and Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa Chief Meteorologist.

At this point, it's too soon to determine the system's exact track and intensity.

Mary K. – Weather Forecaster