Saturday, August 21, 2010

Tropical weather outlook

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT SAT AUG 21 2010

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC... CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

A WESTWARD-MOVING TROPICAL WAVE HAS MOVED INLAND OVER MEXICO NEAR TAMPICO. DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED AND THERE IS A LOW CHANCE... NEAR 0 PERCENT ...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE.

A LARGE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS SOUTHWESTWARD FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES HAS NOT BECOME ANY BETTER ORGANIZED SINCE YESTERDAY. HOWEVER... THIS SYSTEM STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY WESTWARD. THERE IS A MEDIUM CHANCE ... 30 PERCENT... OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

FORECASTER BLAKE