000 ABNT20 KNHC 132345 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Tue Oct 13 2020 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave is located about 350 miles east of the Windward Islands. Although this disturbance continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms, mainly to the east of the center, strong upper-level winds are expected to inhibit development for the next few days. However, the system will move west-northwestward through the end of the week, and produce locally heavy rainfall and strong gusty winds across the central and northern Lesser Antilles on Wednesday, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Thursday, and Hispaniola on Friday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent. $$ Forecaster Stewart