Invest 98L has high chance of becoming Ernesto

FOX 13 News Meteorologist Valerie Mills says there's a 90% chance that Invest 98L will become our next named storm in the next seven days. According to Mills, areas around the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands will potentially be seeing impacts early this week.

Sarasota County opens resource center for residents impacted by Debby

It's now been almost a week since Tropical Storm Debby brushed by Tampa Bay. Still, many residents in some neighborhoods in Sarasota with flooded homes are helpless so local and state agencies are now working together to get relief to people in need by opening up multi-agency resource centers.

Invest 98L could become next named storm

A tropical disturbance in the Atlantic has gained quite a bit of development odds over the last couple of days, according to FOX 13 News Meteorologist Valerie Mills. Mills says there's an 80% chance of development within the next seven days.

Tropical wave may develop over next week

FOX 13 Meteorologist Nash Rhodes is keeping an eye on a tropical wave that has a 60% chance of developing over the next week. Rhodes says some models keep the storm gaining strength and staying off the east coast of the United States, if it does develop. Rhodes says Saharan dust still blankets the area, making it difficult for the system to get the tropical moisture around it that it would need to organize and find its footing in the middle of the Atlantic. If the storm does earn a name, it will be called Ernesto. He is also watching what’s left of Debby, which is now a post-tropical cyclone, as it races over the northeast at 37 miles an hour dumping heavy rain on the area.