Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook

From the National Hurricane Center:

For the North Atlantic Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:Western Atlantic (AL95):A non-tropical area of low pressure located along a frontal boundaryabout 180 miles off the coast of North Carolina is producingdisorganized showers and T-Storms. Environmental conditions aremarginally conducive for this system to become a tropical orsubtropical depression or storm today or on Monday while it moveseast-northeastward at about 10 mph, away from the coast of NorthCarolina. After Monday, environmental conditions become lessconducive for development. For additional information, includinggale warnings, please see High Seas Forecasts issued by the NationalWeather Service.* Formation chance through 48 hours medium 50 percent.* Formation chance through 7 days medium 50 percent.Central Tropical Atlantic:A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa inthe next day or two. Thereafter, some gradual development of thewave is possible during the middle to latter part of next week whileit moves generally west-northwestward across the central tropicalAtlantic.* Formation chance through 48 hours low near 0 percent.* Formation chance through 7 days low 30 percent.High Seas Forecasts issued by Weather Tracker TVcan be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01KWBC, and online at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.phpForecaster Bucci