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Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
2016-08-21 19:39:11| National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)
000 ABNT20 KNHC 211739 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2016 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Fiona, located several hundred miles northeast of the Leeward Islands. A tropical wave located about 1100 miles east of the Lesser Antilles is producing disorganized showers and a few thunderstorms. The proximity of this system to dry air is expected to inhibit significant development during the next few 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 be near Hispaniola and the southeastern Bahamas. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent Cloudiness and thunderstorms located over the far eastern Atlantic a few hundred miles southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands are associated with a low pressure area and tropical wave. Environmental conditions are conducive for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next day or two while the system moves westward and then northwestward over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent * Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent $$ Forecaster Brown
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