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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

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

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on newly formed 
Tropical Depression Nine, located a couple of hundred miles 
southeast of the Cayman Islands. 

1. An elongated area of low pressure located over the central Atlantic 
about 600 miles east of Bermuda continues to produce disorganized 
showers and thunderstorms.  Environmental conditions are forecast 
to be generally conducive for development, and a tropical depression 
is likely to form this weekend.  The system is expected to move 
slowly eastward during the next day or two, but a faster 
northeastward motion is forecast to begin on Sunday.   
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...50 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent.

2. A tropical wave located over the tropical Atlantic about midway 
between the Cabo Verde Islands and the Lesser Antilles continues
to produce a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms.  
Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for 
development during the next few days, and a tropical depression is 
likely to form over the weekend while the system moves toward the 
west-northwest or northwest at 10 to 15 mph.  The disturbance is 
forecast to turn northward early next week. 
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent.

Public Advisories on Tropical Depression Nine are issued under WMO 
header WTNT34 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPAT4.
Forecast/Advisories on Tropical Depression Nine are issued under WMO 
header WTNT24 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMAT4.

Forecaster Brown