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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Sat Sep 23 2023

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

Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories Tropical Storm 
Ophelia, located just inland over far eastern North Carolina.

1. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL90):
Showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure 
located several hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands have 
become better organized during the past few hours. Satellite-derived 
wind data is expected to arrive later this morning which should 
provide more information on if a well-defined surface circulation 
has also developed. Further development is expected and a tropical 
depression will likely form today. The system is forecast to move 
generally westward at 10 to 15 mph for the next few days, and then 
turn west-northwestward or northwestward starting Tuesday. 
Additional information on this system can be found in High Seas 
Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...near 100 percent.

High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service
can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 
KWBC, and online at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.php

Forecaster D. Zelinsky