000 ABNT20 KNHC 050538 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT WED OCT 5 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 several hundred miles northeast of Puerto Rico. A tropical wave is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms several hundred miles east of the Windward Islands. Development, if any, of this system is expected to be slow to occur while the wave moves westward at 10 to 15 mph during the next several days. Regardless of tropical cyclone development, locally heavy rains and gusty winds are possible in the Windward and southern Leeward Islands during the next day or two as the wave moves through the area. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent && 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. $$ Forecaster Cangialosi