000 ABNT20 KNHC 102324 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Tue Oct 10 2023 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL92): Showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands continue to show signs of organization. Environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development, and a tropical depression is likely to form within the next day or two while the system moves west-northwestward or northwestward across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent. Southwestern Gulf of Mexico (AL93): An area of low pressure located over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is producing limited and disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. This system is forecast to merge with a developing frontal boundary over the western Gulf of Mexico early Wednesday, and tropical cyclone formation is not expected. Regardless of tropical cyclone development, the system is forecast to produce gale-force winds over portions of the northern Gulf of Mexico by tomorrow, and potentially heavy rainfall along the Gulf Coast by the latter portion of this week. For more information, see products from your local National Weather Service office, and 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. && High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 KWBC, and online at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.php $$ Forecaster Brown