Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook

From the National Hurricane Center:

For the North Atlantic Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:Corrected to fix a typo and include mention of gale warnings fornon-tropical area of low pressure south-southeast of Nova Scotia.Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL97):Shower and T-Storm activity has persisted and continues toshow signs of organization with a well-defined area of low pressurelocated just to the west of the Cabo Verde Islands. If thesestructural trends continue, the system is likely to become atropical depression or storm, possibly as soon as later thismorning. Locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds are expected tocontinue today across portions of the Cabo Verde Islands, andinterests there should monitor the progress of this system.Regardless of development over the next couple of days, the systemis expected to continue moving westward to west-northwestward at 15to 20 mph across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.* Formation chance through 48 hours high 90 percent.* Formation chance through 7 days high 90 percent.Central Atlantic (AL96):A weak trough of low pressure located over the central Atlantic isonly producing limited shower and T-Storm activity.Significant development of this system is becoming unlikely overthe next few days as the system drifts generally northward,remaining over the central Atlantic.* Formation chance through 48 hours low 10 percent.* Formation chance through 7 days low 10 percent.Northwestern Atlantic:A non-tropical area of low pressure is currently located a fewhundred miles to the south-southeast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Whilecurrent shower and T-Storm activity with the system is limited,this system is drifting over the warm waters of the Gulf Streamwhere some tropical or subtropical development could occur over thenext day or two. By the middle of this week, the system is expectedto move northward over cooler waters, ending its chances for furthertropical development. For more information on this system, includinggale warnings, see High Seas Forecast issued by the National WeatherService.* Formation chance through 48 hours low 10 percent.* Formation chance through 7 days low 10 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 Papin