000 ABNT20 KNHC 012334 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Tue Aug 1 2017 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Emily, located over the Atlantic Ocean well to the east of Florida. A small, non-tropical area of low pressure has formed in the central Gulf of Mexico about 250 miles south of Pensacola, Florida. Significant development of this system is not expected due to strong upper-level winds and proximity to dry air. The low is forecast to move northeastward over the Big Bend area of Florida late Wednesday or early Thursday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent. A tropical wave accompanied by a low pressure system is producing a large area of cloudiness and disorganized shower activity several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Some slow development is possible during the next few days while the disturbance moves westward at 10 to 15 mph. However, upper-level winds are expected to become less conducive for development by the weekend. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. $$ Forecaster Blake