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ABNT20 KNHC 042339
TWOAT 

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 PM EDT TUE OCT 4 2016

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane
Matthew, located near eastern Cuba, and on Tropical Storm Nicole
located a few hundred miles northeast of the Lesser Antilles.

A large area of showers and thunderstorms located several hundred
miles east of the Windward Islands is associated with a tropical
wave.  Development, if any, of this system is expected to be slow
to occur while the wave moves westward at 10 to 15 mph. Regardless
of tropical cyclone development, locally heavy rains and gusty winds
are possible in the Windward and southern Leeward Islands during the
next couple of days as the wave approaches and then passes.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent

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Public Advisories on Nicole are issued under WMO header
WTNT35 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPAT5.
Forecast/Advisories on Nicole are issued under WMO header
WTNT25 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMAT5.

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Forecaster Kimberlain