000 ABNT20 KNHC 161729 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: An area of cloudiness and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave centered about 600 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is beginning to show some signs of organization. Environmental conditions appear to be favorable for additional development, and a tropical depression could form on Wednesday. This system is expected to move toward the west-northwest and then northwest over the open waters of the central Atlantic during the next several days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent $$ Forecaster Avila