000 ABNT20 KNHC 122326 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 700 PM EST Mon Nov 12 2018 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A tropical wave that is interacting with an upper-level trough continues to produce a large area of disturbed weather that extends from near the Leeward Islands northeastward over the tropical Atlantic for several hundred miles. This system has not become any better organized over the past 24 hours, and environmental conditions may not become as conducive as previously anticipated. Therefore, the potential for this system to become a tropical or subtropical cyclone has decreased. Regardless of development, this system is forecast to bring locally heavy rainfall to portions of the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico over the next few days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent. $$ Forecaster Brown