000 ABNT20 KNHC 241154 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT MON AUG 24 2015 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently downgraded Tropical Depression Danny, located near the Leeward Islands. Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with a low pressure system located about 1250 miles east of the southern Lesser Antilles has continued to become better organized since yesterday. Satellite data also indicates that the low's circulation is gradually becoming better defined. If current trends continue, a tropical depression is likely to form later today or tonight while the low moves westward at around 20 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent A tropical wave located near the Cape Verde Islands is accompanied by disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are expected to be only marginally conducive across the tropical Atlantic Ocean this week, and development of this system is unlikely while it moves generally westward at 15 to 20 mph. Locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds are possible across portions of the Cape Verde Islands today. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent $$ Forecaster Kimberlain