000 ABNT20 KNHC 121805 TWOAT SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 105 PM EST TUE JAN 12 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Cloudiness and thunderstorms have become a little more concentrated and organized near the center of a non-tropical low pressure system centered about 1100 miles southwest of the Azores. The low is producing winds to near 60 mph over the southern and eastern portions of its circulation. Although environmental conditions are only marginally conducive for development, this system could become a subtropical or tropical storm within the next day or so. The cyclone is expected to move eastward to northeastward over the eastern subtropical Atlantic over the next couple of days. Regardless of subtropical or tropical cyclone formation, this system is expected to produce hazardous marine conditions over portions of the eastern Atlantic for the next few days. For additional information, see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service and Meteo France. The next Special Tropical Weather Outlook on this system will be issued by 2 PM EST Wednesday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent && High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 KWBC, and on the Web at http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.shtml. High Seas Forecasts issued by Meteo France can be found under WMO header FQNT50 LFPW. $$ Forecaster Pasch