000 ABNT20 KNHC 080531 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 AM EDT Fri Sep 8 2017 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Irma, located near the Turks and Caicos Islands, on Hurricane Jose, located several hundred miles east of the Leeward Islands, and on Hurricane Katia, located over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. A tropical wave is expected to emerge off the coast of Africa over the weekend. Environmental conditions appear to be conducive for gradual development of this system next week as it moves west-northwestward over the eastern Atlantic Ocean. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. $$ Forecaster Roberts