000 ABNT20 KNHC 070500 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 100 AM EST SAT NOV 7 2015 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Showers and thunderstorms associated with a weak area of low pressure over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico remain disorganized. The low is forecast to merge with a cold front over the western Gulf of Mexico late Saturday, and significant development of this system is not expected. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent A large area of cloudiness and showers extending from the eastern Caribbean Sea across the Lesser Antilles into the Atlantic is associated with the interaction of an upper-level trough and a west-northwestward moving tropical wave. Some gradual development of this disturbance is possible by early next week when it is forecast to be north of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. Regardless of development, locally heavy rains are possible over the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola during the next few days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent $$ Forecaster Brown