000 ABNT20 KNHC 082321 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 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 700 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is associated with a westward-moving tropical wave. Any development of this system will likely be slow to occur during the next couple of days. However, conditions are forecast to become more favorable early next week, and a tropical depression could form in the central Atlantic while the system moves northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent A large area of cloudiness with showers and a few thunderstorms located about 200 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands is associated with a weak disturbance. Surface pressures remain high in this area, and there are no signs of a surface circulation. During the next few days, this system is expected to move west- northwestward at 15 to 20 mph, and conditions are not expected to be conducive for significant development. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent $$ Forecaster Brennan