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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 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 recently 
upgraded Tropical Storm Ida, located over the northwestern 
Caribbean Sea. 

1. An elongated area of low pressure located over the central Atlantic 
about 650 miles east of Bermuda is producing disorganized showers 
and thunderstorms.  Environmental conditions are forecast to be 
generally conducive for development, and a tropical depression is 
likely to form over the 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 about midway between the Cabo Verde Islands 
and the Lesser Antilles continues to produce a large area of 
disorganized showers and thunderstorms.  Gradual development of this 
system is expected, and a tropical depression is likely to form 
during the next couple of days before it moves into an environment 
of stronger upper-level winds and slightly cooler waters.  The 
disturbance is forecast to move west-northwestward for another day 
or so and then turn northward over the weekend. 
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent.

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

Forecaster Cangialosi