(WFLA) – A tropical disturbance in the eastern Atlantic Ocean has a 90 percent chance of developing into a tropical depression or storm by week’s end.

Forecasters are watching Invest 98-L, a tropical wave that is several hundred miles southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands.

The National Hurricane Center said conditions will be favorable for development over the next couple of days but begin to lessen towards the end of the week. As of Tuesday afternoon, the tropical wave has an 80 percent of development over the next two days.

Invest 98-L is expected to track west-northwest over the coming days in the open Atlantic Ocean.

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