NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL800 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2015
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on TropicalStorm Fred, located several hundred miles west-northwest of theCape Verde Islands.
1. A tropical wave is expected to move off of the west coast of Africa later today. This system has some potential for slow development as it moves westward at 15 to 20 mph across the tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent
