000 ABNT20 KNHC 312304 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 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 west of the Azores, on Tropical Depression Eight, located east of North Carolina, and on 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 a few hundred miles 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 Stewart