000 ABNT20 KNHC 072025 TWOAT SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 325 PM EST THU JAN 7 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: An extratropical low pressure system centered about 425 miles west- southwest of Bermuda is producing a large area of gale force winds and maximum winds of 60 to 65 mph. Environmental conditions are not expected to be conducive for subtropical or tropical cyclone formation through the weekend while the low moves east-northeastward into the central Atlantic Ocean. However, conditions could become conducive for this system to acquire some subtropical characteristics while it moves east-southeastward into the eastern subtropical Atlantic Ocean by the middle of next week. The next Special Tropical Weather Outlook on this system will be issued by 3 PM EST Friday. For additional information on this system, please see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 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 Brennan