000 ABNT20 KNHC 081134 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT TUE SEP 8 2015 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Grace, located about 1300 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. A weak area of low pressure over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico just to the east of Apalachicola, Florida, is producing disorganized showers and a few thunderstorms. This system will move inland over the Florida Panhandle later this morning, and development is not likely. Locally heavy rainfall should affect portions of northern Florida and southeastern Georgia during the next day or so. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent An area of cloudiness and showers located about 300 miles east- southeast of Bermuda is associated with a broad area of low pressure. Environmental conditions are expected to become more conducive for development during the next couple of days while the system remains nearly stationary for the next day or so, and then moves northward at 5 to 10 mph by Wednesday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent $$ Forecaster Pasch