A tropical system that the National Hurricane Center is now calling Invest 91L has a high chance of soon becoming the Atlantic’s seventh named storm of the season. Some forecasters also predict it will continue strengthening into a hurricane.

The tropical wave we’ve been following since last Thursday in this newsletter – designated Invest 91L by the National Hurricane Center early Thursday – is expected to become a tropical depression or named storm this weekend and could affect the easternmost islands of the Caribbean by the middle to latter part of next week.

The NHC gave invest high chances of development, but it began dropping the odds early Friday afternoon. The disturbance now has a low chance of development over the next two days, and a medium chance of developing over the next week.

The National Hurricane Center said Friday Invest 91L in the central Atlantic has a high chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm over the next week.

Chances that Gabrielle will come to fruition are high as a tropical wave continues to show promise over the Eastern Atlantic.

On this edition of "Forecasting With Friends", FOX 26 Meteorologist Allison Gargaro has the latest on Invest 91L, some robotic rabbits have been deployed to lure in invasive pythons in Florida, and much more.

The National Hurricane Center says a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic, dubbed Invest 91L, should develop late this week or this weekend as it heads west.

A tropical wave over the eastern Atlantic – designated Invest 91L by the National Hurricane Center early Thursday – is becoming better organized and will likely develop into a tropical depression or named storm by this weekend as it moves slowly west.