000 ABNT20 KNHC 290500 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A tropical wave located located about 1200 miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving rapidly westward. Given the fast motion of the system, development, if any, will be slow to occur. However, this system will likely bring showers and gusty winds to portions of the Leeward Islands during the weekend, and then, the activity should spread westward across the Caribbean Sea. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent Shower activity associated with a tropical wave and a low pressure system centered a couple of hundred miles south-southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands has increased during the past several hours, but the overall organization has changed little. This system has some potential for development during the next day or two, before the disturbance encounters a less favorable environment over the central tropical Atlantic next week. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent $$ Forecaster Avila