387 ABNT20 KNHC 301754 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 PM EDT Sun Jul 30 2023 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Central Tropical Atlantic (AL96): Shower and thunderstorm activity has become a little more concentrated in association with an area of low pressure located about 700 miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands. Environmental conditions are forecast to be marginally favorable for gradual development of this system over the next few days, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the early part of this week. The system is expected to move northwestward at about 15 mph during the next day or so, and then turn northward over the central subtropical Atlantic by late Monday or Tuesday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent. Off the North Carolina Coast (AL97): Shower and thunderstorm activity is showing some signs of organization in association with a trough of low pressure located about 100 miles southeast of Morehead City, North Carolina. Environmental conditions appear generally favorable for some additional development over the next day or so as the system gradually accelerates east-northeastward into the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Afterwards, this system is likely to merge with a frontal boundary. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent. $$ Forecaster Papin