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Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
2016-08-20 07:30:30| National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)
000 ABNT20 KNHC 200530 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Fiona, located over the central tropical Atlantic. A broad area of low pressure, associated with a tropical wave, is located about 700 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. This disturbance is producing a large but disorganized area of showers and thunderstorms, and any development of this system during the next couple of days should be slow to occur due to its proximity to dry air. Environmental conditions are forecast to be more conducive for development after that time, and a tropical depression could form by the middle of next week while the system moves westward at 15 to 20 mph across the tropical Atlantic Ocean and into the eastern Caribbean Sea. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent A tropical wave inland over western Africa is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms. This system is expected to move over water by late Saturday night, and environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development next week while it moves generally west-northwestward over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent $$ Forecaster Blake
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