000 ABNT20 KNHC 031136 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: An elongated area of low pressure located several hundred miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles is producing a large but disorganized area of showers and thunderstorms. Only gradual development of this system is expected for the next few days while it moves west-northwestward across the northern Lesser Antilles. Subsequently, some slight additional development is possible by the middle of next week while the disturbance moves northwestward, north of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent. $$ Forecaster Zelinsky