000 ABNT20 KNHC 011153 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Tue Aug 1 2023 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Central Tropical Atlantic (AL96): Showers and thunderstorms remain disorganized in association with a low pressure area located about 750 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Environmental conditions still could support tropical cyclone formation during the next two to three days while the system moves northwestward and then northward at 10 to 15 mph over the central subtropical Atlantic. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...40 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...50 percent. Western Atlantic (AL97): Satellite imagery shows that the gale-force non-tropical low pressure system located over the western Atlantic several hundred miles south of Cape Race Newfoundland has merged with a frontal system. Therefore, tropical cyclone formation is not anticipated. Additional information on the low, including gale warnings, can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...near 0 percent. && For more information about marine hazards associated with AL97, please see High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service found under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 KWBC, and online at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.php $$ Forecaster Beven