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Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
2016-08-22 14:03:16| National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)
000 ABNT20 KNHC 221203 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2016 DELETED AN EXTRA WORD IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Fiona, located several hundred miles northeast of the Leeward Islands. Shower activity has increased a little over the past 24 hours in association with a tropical wave located about 850 miles east of the Lesser Antilles. Dry air near this system is expected to slow development during the next couple of days while the disturbance moves westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph. Environmental conditions could become more conducive for development late this week when the system is expected to move near Hispaniola and the southeastern and central Bahamas. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent Satellite imagery this morning suggests that a tropical depression is forming about 300 miles south-southwest of the southern Cabo Verde Islands, and if current trends continue, advisories would be initiated later today. This system is expected to move westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...near 100 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...near 100 percent $$ Forecaster Beven
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