000 ABNT20 KNHC 162335 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Sat Jun 16 2018 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity continues in association with a surface trough over the southern Gulf of Mexico and an upper-level low over the western Gulf of Mexico. Surface observations and high-resolution wind data indicate that a surface circulation does not exist, but strong winds are occuring to the northeast of the trough. Environmental conditions are not expected to support significant development, however, heavy rains and gusty winds are likely to spread across the central Gulf of Mexico tonight and will reach portions of the Texas and southwestern Louisiana coasts on Sunday. For more details on this system please see products issued by your local weather office and High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. && High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 KWBC, and on the Web at https://ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.shtml. $$ Forecaster Blake