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TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT FRI OCT 2 2015

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

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane
Joaquin, located near the central Bahamas.

1. A non-tropical area of low pressure centered over the central
Atlantic about 700 miles southeast of Bermuda is producing winds
to near gale-force to the north of the center.  The circulation of
the low has become better defined, and showers and thunderstorms
are showing some signs of organization.  Environmental conditions
are forecast to be conducive for the low to acquire subtropical or
tropical characteristics during the next day or two while it moves
generally northward.  Additional information on this system can be
found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...80 percent

High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service can be
found under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 KWBC, and
on the Web at http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.shtml.

Forecaster Cangialosi