000 ABNT20 KNHC 071708 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 PM EDT Sat Oct 7 2023 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Eastern Tropical Atlantic: A low-latitude tropical wave located near the west coast of Africa continues to produce a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development, and a tropical depression is likely to form by the middle of next week while it moves westward to west-northwestward across the eastern tropical Atlantic. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent. $$ Forecaster Hogsett/Berg