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ABNT20 KNHC 312313

TWOAT

Tropical Weather Outlook

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL

800 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2019

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

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane

Dorian, located about 150 miles east of the northwestern Bahamas.

A tropical wave located near the Cabo Verde Islands is producing

widespread cloudiness and showers. Environmental conditions are

forecast to be conducive for development of this disturbance, and a

tropical depression could form during the early or middle part of

next week while the system moves northwestward across the eastern

tropical Atlantic Ocean. Heavy rainfall is possible over portions of

the southern Cabo Verde Islands during the next couple of days, and

interests on those islands should monitor the progress of this

system.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.

* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent.

A broad area of low pressure located over the south-central Gulf of

Mexico continues to produce a minimal amount of showers and

thunderstorms. Some gradual development of this system is possible

during the next few days while it moves slowly westward across the

southern and southwestern Gulf of Mexico toward the coast of Mexico.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.

* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent.

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Forecaster Cangialosi

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