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A new disturbance emerges behind Isaias, could become Tropical Storm Josephine

National Hurricane Center gives this disturbance, Invest 93L, a 50 percent chance of development over the next 48 hours.

Tropical Storm Isaias hasn’t even made it through the Caribbean yet, but it already has another potential storm lurking behind it.

Thursday afternoon, The National Hurricane Center started tracking an area of disturbed weather off the western coast of Africa and labeled it Invest 93L. 

The NHC gives Invest 93L a 50 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours. 

If it does become a named storm, it will become Tropical Storm Josephine. The earliest Atlantic "J" storm on record is Tropical Storm Jose on August 22, 2005.

RELATED: Tropical Storm Isaias expected to hit Southeast Florida by the weekend with near hurricane-strength winds

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