000 ABNT20 KNHC 291749 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 PM EDT Sun Oct 29 2023 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (AL96): An Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft is currently investigating a broad area of low pressure located a couple of hundred miles east of the central Bahamas. Early indications from the plane and satellite data are that the system does not have a well-defined surface circulation. Environmental conditions are becoming less conducive for development, though a short-lived tropical depression or storm could still form during the next day or so while the system moves west-northwestward to northwestward. By Tuesday, however, strong upper-level winds and dry air should end the chances of further development while it turns northward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent. Southwestern Caribbean Sea: A broad area of low pressure could form in a few days over the central or southwestern Caribbean Sea. Gradual development thereafter is possible while the system moves generally westward at 10 to 15 mph. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent. $$ Forecaster Bucci