597 ABNT20 KNHC 281729 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 PM EDT Fri Sep 28 2018 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Kirk, located over the eastern Caribbean Sea. Post-Tropical Cyclone Leslie is located over the central Atlantic Ocean about 1000 miles west of the Azores. The associated shower activity is becoming better organized, and recent satellite wind data indicates that the circulation has become more characteristic of a subtropical cyclone. If current trends continue, advisories will be re-initiated later today or tonight. Regardless of whether the system becomes a subtropical or tropical cyclone, Leslie should continue to produce strong winds and high seas over a large portion of the central Atlantic for the next several days. For more information on this system, see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...near 100 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...near 100 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 Beven