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Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook


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ABNT20 KNHC 170533
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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

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

Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A broad area of low pressure, associated with a tropical wave and 
located a couple of hundred miles southeast of the Cabo Verde 
Islands, continues to produce disorganized showers and 
thunderstorms. Development, if any, should be slow to occur during 
the next day or so while the system moves west-northwestward at 10 
to 15 mph. By this weekend, the system is forecast to move into a 
hostile environment, and further development is not expected.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent.

Northeastern Gulf of America and Offshore of the Southeastern U.S.:
An area of low pressure is forecast to form this weekend over the 
northeastern Gulf of America.  Some gradual development of this 
system is possible while it meanders over the northeastern Gulf or 
moves slowly northeastward toward the coast of the southeastern 
United States early next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.

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Forecaster Berg