958 ABNT20 KNHC 062342 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Thu Sep 6 2018 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Florence, located over the central Atlantic Ocean. The Weather Prediction Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Gordon, located over Arkansas. An area of low pressure centered about 500 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands is gradually becoming better defined, although the associated shower and thunderstorm activity has not yet increased much in organization. Environmental conditions are conducive for further development, and a tropical depression is expected to form within the next day or two while the system moves slowly westward across the tropical Atlantic Ocean. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. A tropical wave and an accompanying low pressure system near the west coast of Africa is producing a large area of thunderstorms. Environmental conditions appear conducive for development, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is likely to form over the weekend while the wave moves westward or west-northwestward over the far eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. Interests in the Cabo Verde Islands should monitor the progress of this system, and potential tropical cyclone advisories could be issued on Friday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. $$ Forecaster Blake