000 ABNT20 KNHC 271734 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT SUN SEP 27 2015 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Ida, located a little more than 1000 miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. An area of low pressure is located over the southern Gulf of Mexico just north of the Yucatan Peninsula. This system and a broad trough of low pressure over the western Gulf of Mexico are producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms extending from the northwestern Caribbean Sea northward over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Upper-level winds are expected to be only marginally conducive for development while this system moves northward toward the northern Gulf Coast during the next couple of days. Regardless of tropical cyclone formation, this disturbance is likely to produce locally heavy rainfall over portions of the northern Gulf Coast and southeastern United States during the next few days. The Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft that was scheduled for today was canceled, but another mission is scheduled for tomorrow, if necessary. For additional information on this system, see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service and products from your local National Weather Service office. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent Showers and thunderstorms have become better organized since yesterday in association with an elongated area of low pressure located about midway between the central Bahamas and Bermuda. Additional slow development of this system is likely during the next day or two while it moves toward the northwest at 5 to 10 mph. After that time, development is not expected due to unfavorable upper-level winds. For more information on this system, see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent && High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 KWBC, and on the Web at http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.shtml. $$ Forecaster Cangialosi