000 ABNT20 KNHC 181732 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A broad area of low pressure has developed offshore of the west coast of the Yucatan Peninsula today, but the associated shower and thunderstorm activity remains disorganized. Some gradual development of this system is expected during the next couple of days in an environment of marginal upper-level winds, and a tropical depression could form while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at around 10 mph before moving inland over eastern Mexico. An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate this system Sunday afternoon, if necessary. For additional information on this system, see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. * 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 are available under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 KWBC, and on the Web at http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.shtml. $$ Forecaster Brennan