000 ABNT20 KNHC 311750 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Gaston, located well east of Bermuda, on Tropical Depression Eight, located east of North Carolina, and on recently upgraded Tropical Storm Hermine, located over the south-central Gulf of Mexico. A broad area of low pressure, associated with a tropical wave, is located over the far eastern Atlantic just west of the Cabo Verde Islands. This wave is expected to be in an environment of very dry air for the next few days, which should prevent significant development during that time. Environmental conditions could become a little more conducive for slow development on Sunday or Monday when the wave is near the Lesser Antilles. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent $$ Forecaster Blake