000 ABNT20 KNHC 021346 TWOAT Special Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 950 AM EDT Thu May 2 2019 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A trough of low pressure that extends from South Florida northeastward over the western Atlantic for a few hundred miles is producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Environmental conditions are not expected to be conducive for significant development of this system while it moves northwestward, and then northward over the Florida peninsula and near the southeast United States coast during the next day or so. This system is forecast to merge with a frontal system later this weekend. Regardless of development, locally heavy rains are possible over portions of the Bahamas and the Florida peninsula during the next day or so. The next Special Tropical Weather Outlook will be issued by 10 AM EDT Friday, or sooner if conditions warrant. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent. $$ Forecaster Brown