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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Tue Oct 8 2024

For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Active Systems:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Storm Leslie, located over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean, and
on Hurricane Milton, located over the southern Gulf of Mexico.

Southwestern Atlantic:
A broad area of low pressure is near the northern Bahamas with
disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Some development of
this system is possible during the next day or so while the low
moves northeastward to east-northeastward around 15 mph. Upper-
level winds are likely to increase later in the week, which should
limit further development.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…20 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…20 percent.

Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave is expected to move off the west coast of Africa in
a couple of days. Afterward, environmental conditions appear only
marginally favorable for some limited development of this system
while it moves westward or west-northwestward across the eastern
tropical Atlantic, moving near the Cabo Verde Islands on Thursday or
early Friday.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…20 percent.

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Forecaster Blake