000 ABNT20 KNHC 111744 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 PM EDT Tue Oct 11 2022 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Southwest Gulf of Mexico: Satellite-derived surface winds indicate that the area of low pressure over the Bay of Campeche is becoming better defined. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for further development, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is likely to form within the next day or so while the system moves slowly northwestward over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Heavy rainfall is also expected over portions of southern Mexico during the next couple of days. An Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft is en route to investigate the system, and interests in southwestern Mexico should monitor the progress of this disturbance. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent. $$ Forecaster Bucci/Blake