000 ABNT20 KNHC 052357 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 700 PM EST Tue Nov 5 2024 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Rafael, located just southeast of Little Cayman Island. Southwestern Atlantic: An elongated trough of low pressure is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms several hundred miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands. A portion of this system is forecast to begin moving westward by early Wednesday, and an area of low pressure could form near the northern Leeward Islands by Wednesday night. Afterward, some slow development of this system is possible during the latter part of the week while it moves generally westward, passing near or north of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Thursday, and approaching the Southeast Bahamas by Friday. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent. * Formation chance through 7 days...low...30 percent. $$ Forecaster Hagen