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Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
2016-08-20 19:33:08| National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)
000 ABNT20 KNHC 201732 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM 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 midway between the west coast of Africa and the Lesser Antilles. The associated shower activity remains disorganized, and any development during the next couple of days should be slow to occur due to its large size and proximity to dry air. Environmental conditions are forecast to be more conducive for development beyond a couple of days, 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...60 percent A tropical wave located near the coast of western Africa continues to produce a large area of cloudiness and thunderstorms. This wave is expected to move offshore tonight and environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development. This system is likely to become a tropical depression by mid-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...high...70 percent $$ Forecaster Cangialosi/Latto
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