With eighteen days left in the hurricane season, another tropical wave has formed in the Caribbean. And, like Eta, it seems to be heading straight for Central America. Tropical wave "Iota", as it has been named after the ninth letter in the Greek alphabet, is expected to turn into a tropical depression in the next two to three days.
Right now, it's just a disturbance, which is dubbed Invest 98L, producing showers and thunderstorms over the central Caribbean Sea right now.
Here's more on the system and its potential:
We will continue to monitor this new weather system.
Potential future Iota would be the 30th storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which is two more storms than the previous record for a season set in 2005.
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