000 ABNT20 KNHC 261733 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 PM EDT Mon Aug 26 2019 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Dorian, which is approaching the Lesser Antilles. Recent satellite wind data indicate that the low pressure area located about 300 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina has become better defined since yesterday, and is producing winds to near tropical storm force well southeast of its center. The associated thunderstorm activity is also showing signs of organization. Conditions appear conducive for additional development, and a tropical or subtropical cyclone is likely to form later today while the system moves slowly northeastward well offshore of the United States east coast. Additional information on this system can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent. && High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 KWBC, and online at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.php $$ Forecaster Brown