Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook

From the National Hurricane Center:

For the North Atlantic Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Seventeen, located over the central tropical Atlantic, and on newly-developed Tropical Depression Eighteen, located a couple of hundred miles east of the Cabo Verde Islands. An area of low pressure located just southwest of Bermuda is producing disorganized showers and a few T-Storms. Some slow development of this system is possible during the next several days while it moves generally westward or west-northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours low 10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days low 30 percent. A tropical wave is forecast to emerge off the west coast of Africa in a few days. Gradual development is anticipated once the system moves over water and a tropical depression could form late this week or over the weekend while the system moves generally westward across the eastern Atlantic. * Formation chance through 48 hours low near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days medium 40 percent. Public Advisories on Tropical Depression Seventeen are issued under WMO header WTNT32 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPAT2. Forecast/Advisories on Tropical Depression Seventeen are issued under WMO header WTNT22 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMAT2. Public Advisories on Tropical Depression Eighteen are issued under WMO header WTNT33 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPAT3. Forecast/Advisories on Tropical Depression Eighteen are issued under WMO header WTNT23 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMAT3. Forecaster Zelinsky