000 ABNT20 KNHC 081741 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A large but disorganized area of disturbed weather located about 600 miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is associated with a westward-moving tropical wave. Development of this system during the next couple of days, if any, will likely be very slow. However, conditions are forecast to become more favorable early next week, and a tropical depression could form in the open central Atlantic while the system moves northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent An area of showers and thunderstorms is located about 275 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands. Pressures remain high in the area, and there are no signs of a surface circulation. During the next few days, this system is expected to move toward the west-northwest where conditions are not favorable for significant development. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent $$ Forecaster Avila