000 ABNT20 KNHC 072357 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A weak area of low pressure located inland over the northern Florida peninsula continues to produce showers and thunderstorms, primarily over the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida panhandle. This system is expected to move slowly northward during the next couple of days, taking the low pressure system farther inland. Although tropical cyclone formation is not expected, heavy rainfall that could result in flooding is likely over portions of the northern Florida peninsula and the Florida panhandle during the next few days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low... near 0 percent An area of disturbed weather is located a few hundred miles east of the central Bahamas. Although the associated showers and thunderstorms have been persistent, there are no signs of a surface circulation. Development, if any, of this disturbance is expected to be slow to occur while it moves generally northward off of the coast of the southeastern United States. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent $$ Forecaster Cangialosi