000 ABNT20 KNHC 032336 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2015 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Fred, located several hundred miles west-northwest of the Cape Verde Islands. A tropical wave located just offshore of the west coast of Africa is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms. This system has the potential for some gradual development as it moves westward at 15 to 20 mph across the tropical Atlantic during the next few days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent $$ Forecaster Brennan