000 ABNT20 KNHC 212334 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A non-tropical area of low pressure located about 350 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, is producing limited shower and thunderstorm activity and winds to near gale force while it moves north-northeastward at 15 to 20 mph. Increasing upper- level winds are expected to limit the opportunity for this system to become a subtropical or tropical cyclone, and this low is expected to degenerate into a trough ahead of an approaching frontal system tonight or early Saturday. For additional information on this system, see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent && High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 KWBC, and on the Web at http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.shtml. $$ Forecaster Brennan