000 ABNT20 KNHC 241730 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 PM EDT Tue Oct 24 2017 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A broad area of low pressure centered near the east coast of Nicaragua is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Close proximity to land is likely to limit development of this system for the next day or two. However, environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for some development to occur later this week while the system moves slowly northward over the northwestern Caribbean Sea. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent. $$ Forecaster Zelinsky