000 ABNT20 KNHC 170513 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently downgraded Tropical Depression Julia, located a couple hundred miles southeast of the coast of South Carolina, and on Tropical Storm Karl, located almost a thousand miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. A tropical wave located just offshore of the west coast of Africa is accompanied by disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression could form by the middle of next week while this system moves westward to west-northwestward across the eastern tropical Atlantic. Regardless of tropical cyclone formation, this system could bring rain and gusty winds to portions of the Cabo Verde Islands during the next couple of days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent $$ Forecaster Brennan