000 ABNT20 KNHC 310534 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 AM EDT Tue Oct 31 2023 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Eastern Caribbean Sea (AL97): A trough of low pressure over the eastern Caribbean Sea continues to produce a large area of showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions appear conducive for further development during the next several days while the system moves westward over the central and southwestern Caribbean Sea, and a tropical depression is likely to form by the latter part of this week. 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. $$ Forecaster Reinhart