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Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
2017-09-03 19:12:49| National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)
000 ABNT20 KNHC 031712 TWOAT Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 200 PM EDT Sun Sep 3 2017 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Irma, located over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean. A tropical wave located several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands is producing an area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms that are currently displaced well to the west of the wave axis. Environmental conditions are conducive for gradual development during the next few days, and a tropical depression could form by the end of the week while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at about 10 mph over the tropical Atlantic Ocean. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent. A trough of low pressure, located over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms that extent from the Yucatan Peninsula westward into the Bay of Campeche. Environmental conditions are forecast to remain unfavorable for significant development as the system moves slowly northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...10 percent. $$ Forecaster Roberts
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