TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane
Matthew, located between northeastern Cuba and the southeastern
Bahamas, and on Tropical Storm Nicole, located several hundred miles
northeast of Puerto Rico.
1. A tropical wave is producing a large area of disorganized showers
and thunderstorms several hundred miles east of the Windward
Islands. Development, if any, of this system is expected to be slow
to occur while the wave moves westward at 10 to 15 mph during the
next several days. Regardless of tropical cyclone development,
locally heavy rains and gusty winds are possible in the Windward and
southern Leeward Islands during the next day or two as the wave
moves through the area.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent
Public Advisories on Nicole are issued under WMO header
WTNT35 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPAT5.
Forecast/Advisories on Nicole are issued under WMO header
WTNT25 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMAT5.
Forecaster Berg
