NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Wed Oct 24 2018
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean is associated with a broad area of low pressure located a little over 900 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands. This system is expected to move slowly northward over the next few days into an area where environmental conditions are forecast to be more conducive for development. A tropical or subtropical depression could form over the weekend while the system turns westward well to the northeast of the Lesser Antilles.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...60 percent.
Forecaster Roberts
