000 ABNT20 KNHC 081122 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Mon Oct 8 2018 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Michael, located over the northwestern Caribbean Sea, and on Tropical Storm Leslie, located over the central Atlantic Ocean. A broad non-tropical low pressure system located southeast of the Azores has not become any better organized and tropical or subtropical development is not anticipated. This low is expected to move east-southeastward during the next couple of days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent. An area of low pressure, associated with a tropical wave, is located several hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands. Shower and thunderstorm activity has become more concentrated since last night, and a tropical depression could form during next few days while it moves west-northwestward. By late this week, however, upper-level winds are expected to become unfavorable for development. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent. $$ Forecaster Zelinsky