000 ABNT20 KNHC 122316 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Tue Oct 12 2021 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: A surface trough of low pressure is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms over Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos, and the southeastern Bahamas. Development of this system, if any, would be slow to occur during the next couple of days due to unfavorable environmental conditions while the disturbance initially drifts northward, then accelerates eastward by Thursday. By the end of the week, further development is unlikely as the disturbance is expected to interact with a frontal system. Regardless, locally heavy rainfall is possible over portions of Hispaniola, the Turks and Caicos, and the southeastern Bahamas during the next day or two. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent. $$ Forecaster Reinhart