000 ABNT20 KNHC 081723 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 PM EDT Sun Oct 8 2017 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The NOAA Weather Prediction Center is now issuing advisories on on recently downgraded Tropical Depression Nate, located inland over northern Alabama. A well-defined surface low pressure system located about 800 miles southwest of the Azores is producing scattered showers and a few thunderstorms, mainly northeast through southeast of the center. Recent satellite-derived winds indicate that the low is producing a small area of gale-force winds near the center. Only a slight increase in the amount and organization of the shower activity would result in the formation of a subtropical or tropical cyclone later today before environmental conditions become less favorable for development on Monday. The low is forecast to move little for the next few days, followed by a slow motion toward the southeast beginning Thursday. Additional information on this system can be found in high seas forecast issued by the National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. && High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1 and WMO header FZNT01 KWBC. $$ Forecaster Stewart