000 ABNT20 KNHC 152330 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Ian, located well to the east-northeast of Bermuda, on Tropical Storm Julia, located offshore of the South Carolina coast, and on Tropical Depression Twelve, located west of the Cabo Verde Islands. An elongated area of low pressure located over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico is producing a large area of cloudiness and showers. Development of this system, if any, should be slow to occur before it moves inland over Texas by Saturday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent A tropical wave is expected to move off of the west coast of Africa on Friday, and then move generally west-northwestward over the far eastern Atlantic. Some slight development of this wave is possible before conditions become less favorable for tropical cyclone formation early next week. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent $$ Forecaster Avila