000 ABNT20 KNHC 110537 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT SUN SEP 11 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Showers and thunderstorms have become a little more concentrated in association with a low pressure system located about 975 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Environmental conditions are conducive for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form later today or Monday while this disturbance moves northwestward to north- northwestward over the central Atlantic Ocean. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent Cloudiness and thunderstorms associated with an area of disturbed weather located near the southeastern Bahamas have diminished. There are no signs of a surface circulation associated with this system, and conditions are not conducive for development of this disturbance while it moves generally west-northwestward at around 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent A weak area of low pressure located over the extreme southeastern Gulf of Mexico continues to remain devoid of thunderstorm activity. Upper-level winds are not favorable, and development of this system is not expected. The low is forecast to weaken while it moves westward to west-southwestward at 5 to 10 mph into the central Gulf of Mexico during the next day or two. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent $$ Forecaster Kimberlain