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What An Invest Means During Hurricane Season

August 7, 2025

You may have heard this wonky weather term used during hurricane season, but what does it mean? An invest – short for "investigation" – is a naming convention used by the National Hurricane Center to identify features they are monitoring for potential tropical development. However, just because an invest is identified does not guarantee that the system will become a tropical depression or storm.