000 ABNT20 KNHC 301146 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A tropical wave located about 700 miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward at 25 to 30 mph. While the associated shower activity has increased since yesterday, any additional development should be slow to occur due to the rapid motion of the system. Regardless of development, this system will likely bring showers and gusty winds to portions of the Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the eastern Caribbean Sea beginning later today. By the middle of next week, the disturbance is expected to be in the western Caribbean Sea, where conditions could become more conducive for development. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with a tropical wave and a low pressure system centered a couple of hundred miles southwest of Cabo Verde has become less organized during the past 24 hours. However, there is still a chance for some development during the next day or two before the disturbance encounters a less favorable environment over the central tropical Atlantic. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent $$ Forecaster Beven