000 ABNT20 KNHC 131146 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT SUN SEP 13 2015 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A tropical wave accompanied by a broad low pressure system is producing a large area of disturbed weather several hundred miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for development, and a tropical depression could form during the next few days days while the system moves west-northwestward to northwestward across the central tropical Atlantic. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent A small low pressure system located about 975 miles southwest of the Azores is producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Development, if any, of this low is expected to be slow to occur while it moves west-northwestward to northwestward at about 10 mph over the next couple of days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent Minimal shower and thunderstorm activity is continuing in association with the remnants of Tropical Storm Grace over the northeastern Caribbean Sea and the Greater Antilles. Upper-level winds are not expected to be favorable for redevelopment of this system during the next several days. However, brief periods of locally heavy rains and gusty winds are still possible across portions of Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Cuba, and the Bahamas during the next day or two while the system moves west-northwestward at around 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent $$ Forecaster Stewart