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The tropics are active as the entire state bakes under a heat advisory with feels-like temperatures as high as 105 degrees.
As of Monday morning, hurricane experts at the National Hurricane Center are keeping close tabs on Invest 94L.
The wave is a small area of low pressure located in the Central Tropical Atlantic.
According to the NHC, the disturbance has a low 20% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone before moving into less favorable environmental conditions. Those conditions include upper-level wind shear and Saharan dust.
National Weather Service meteorologist, Robert Molleda, says Saharan dust in the upper atmosphere actually inhibits warming of the Atlantic surface which fuels more energetic storms. Instead, he says, the dust acts like a filter that prevents sunlight from hitting and warming the surface of the ocean.
Meanwhile, the entire state is under a heat advisory and nearly half of the Florida from the Panhandle to the Central and Southwest regions may be facing major heat risks.
If you must go out, be careful and stay hydrated.