000 ABNT20 KNHC 021139 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT THU OCT 2 2014 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A non-tropical low pressure system located about 330 miles south-southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is producing gale force winds and disorganized showers and thunderstorms. This low is merging with a frontal system and is not expected to acquire tropical cyclone characteristics. Little motion of this system is expected during the next few days as it interacts with and becomes absorbed by an upper-level low approaching from the northeast coast of the United States. For additional information on this system, please see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent. A small area of low pressure located about 840 miles northeast of Bermuda is moving rapidly toward the north-northeast and is producing disorganized showers. Tropical cyclone formation is not anticipated due to strong upper-level winds and decreasing sea surface temperatures. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent. && High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1 and WMO header FZNT01 KWBC. $$ Forecaster Roberts