Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook

From the National Hurricane Center:

For the North Atlantic Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:Active Systems:The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on HurricaneFiona, located north of Bermuda, on Tropical Storm Gaston, locatednear the central Azores, and on newly formed Tropical DepressionNine, located several hundred miles east-southeast of Jamaica overthe eastern Caribbean Sea.Eastern Tropical Atlantic:Shower and T-Storm activity associated with an area of lowpressure located between the Cabo Verde Islands and the west coastof Africa is showing increased signs of organization. Environmentalconditions are forecast to be generally conducive for furtherdevelopment during the next day or so, and a tropical depression islikely to form while the system moves northward at about 10 mph,roughly parallel to the coast of west Africa.* Formation chance through 48 hours high 80 percent.* Formation chance through 5 days high 80 percent.Central Tropical Atlantic:A broad area of low pressure located several hundred mileswest-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands continues to produce somedisorganized shower and T-Storm activity. Despite marginalenvironmental conditions, some slow development of this system ispossible over the next several days while it drifts northwestward ornorthward over the central tropical Atlantic.* Formation chance through 48 hours low 20 percent.* Formation chance through 5 days low 30 percent.Public Advisories on Tropical Depression Nine are issued under WMOheader WTNT34 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPAT4.Forecast/Advisories on Tropical Depression Nine are issued under WMOheader WTNT24 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMAT4.Forecaster Reinhart