000 ABNT20 KNHC 022343 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Mon Jul 2 2018 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms extending from the north-central Gulf of Mexico across the western Florida panhandle is associated with a broad and weak area of low pressure. Interaction with land, along with proximity to dry air in the mid-levels of the atmosphere, should prevent tropical cyclone formation while the disturbance moves westward and inland over southeastern Louisiana tonight through Tuesday. However, locally heavy rainfall along portions of the northern Gulf Coast will be possible during the next couple of days. Additional information on this system can be found in products issued by your local National Weather Service office. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent. A westward-moving, broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles east of Florida is producing minimal shower activity. Little or no development of this low is expected for the next few days due to unfavorable upper-level winds and dry mid-level air. However, another non-tropical low pressure system is expected to form about midway between Bermuda and the southeastern United States by the end of the week. That system could gradually acquire some tropical characteristics over the weekend while it moves slowly northward or northeastward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. $$ Forecaster Stewart