000 ABNT20 KNHC 302346 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 PM EDT Mon Oct 30 2023 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Eastern Caribbean Sea: A trough of low pressure over the eastern Caribbean Sea is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms that is beginning to show signs of organization. This system is expected to move westward during the next several days, and environmental conditions appear conducive for additional development. A tropical depression is likely to form by the latter part of this week as the system enters the central or southwestern Caribbean Sea. Regardless of development, this system has the potential to produce heavy rains over portions of Central America towards the end of this week. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...high...70 percent. Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (AL96): Shower and thunderstorm activity has become minimal with a well-defined area of low pressure about 80 miles east of the northwestern Bahamas. This system is embedded in a region of very dry mid-latitude air with strong upper-level winds, and additional development of this system is no longer anticipated. The system is forecast to turn slowly northward and then northeastward by the middle part of this week. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...near 0 percent. $$ Forecaster Papin