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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2019

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane
Dorian, located a few hundred miles east-northeast of the
northwestern Bahamas.

1. A tropical wave located a little more than 100 miles east of the
Cabo Verde Islands is producing widespread cloudiness and showers.
Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for
development of this disturbance during the next few days and a
tropical depression could form next week while the system moves
across the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. Heavy rainfall is
possible over portions of the southern Cabo Verde Islands during the
next couple of days, and interests on those islands should monitor
the progress of this system.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent.

2. A broad area of low pressure located over the southeastern Gulf of
Mexico is producing limited shower and thunderstorm activity. Some
gradual development of this system is possible during the next
few days while it moves slowly westward across the southern and
southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.

Forecaster Zelinsky