Invest 95L off US East Coast likely to become Tropical Storm Dexter as Southeast braces for flooding rain
The National Hurricane Center says Invest 95L is currently located a few hundred miles east of the North Carolina coast, with shower and thunderstorm activity increasing in association with the area of low pressure.
Invest 95L is likely to become Tropical Storm Dexter
No direct impacts to the U.S. are expected as Invest 95L continues to become more organized into what is anticipated to be Tropical Storm Dexter.
Tropical Storm Dexter formed off the U.S. East Coast on Sunday night and coverage continues here.
WILMINGTON, N.C. – The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has designated an area of disturbed weather off the U.S. East Coast as Invest 95L, and forecasters say the system will likely become Tropical Storm Dexter by Monday.
The NHC says Invest 95L is currently located a few hundred miles east of the North Carolina coast, with shower and thunderstorm activity increasing in association with the area of low pressure.
The term "invest" is a naming convention used by the NHC to identify a system that forecasters are investigating for possible development into a tropical depression or tropical storm within the next seven days.
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Currently, the NHC is giving Invest 95L a high chance of developing into a tropical system over the next two days.
If Invest 95L strengthens into a tropical storm, it would be named Dexter.
Invest 95L isn't the only trouble brewing in the Atlantic. Two other areas - one off the Southeast coast and the other moving off the coast of Africa - are being monitored for possible tropical development.
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FOX Weather Correspondent Brandy Campbell reports from Savannah, Georgia, where Invest 95L off the Southeast coast is forecast to soak the Southeast for days. Tropical downpours are already soaking the region with up to 4 inches of rain for some areas.
A powerful cold front is making itself at home in the Deep South and Southeast this week, and it's bringing a forecast full of rainy days and an increasing risk of flooding along for the ride.
Unfortunately, flooding that occurred in Alabama on Sunday morning has turned deadly.
According to a report, one person was killed in flash flooding in Cleburne County when their vehicle was swept away on County Road 41. One other person in the vehicle at the time was found alive in a tree, according to the report.
Regardless of tropical development for Invest 95L, some cities in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and northern Florida have a threat of showers and thunderstorms every day in the week ahead.
The cold front and its rounds of heavy rain and storms will continue to sink to the south and east. And while the morning should be quiet, storms will quickly develop during the afternoon hours in an arc around the edge of the cold front.
That setup will allow the Lowcountry of South Carolina, South Georgia and most of Alabama to see the bulk of the activity.
As the new workweek begins, the forecast will remain the same – wet.
An upper-level disturbance that's expected to slide into the region from the east will essentially stall across the Deep South.
That will set up a consistent feed of moisture out of the Gulf and increase the lift needed for thunderstorms to develop and tap into that moisture.
Days of thunderstorms will drench the Southeast, particularly in Georgia and the western Carolinas.
Details are still being ironed out, but there will be a risk of flooding, and that will increase as the week continues.