000 ABNT20 KNHC 022320 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Wed Aug 2 2017 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Showers and thunderstorms near the coast of west Africa are associated with a tropical wave. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for some development during the next several days as the system moves to the west or west-northwest at 10 to 15 mph over the tropical Atlantic Ocean. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent. $$ Forecaster Blake