Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook

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ABNT20 KNHC 171141
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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:

Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A broad area of low pressure, associated with a tropical wave is
located about 175 miles southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands. The
low continues to produce a limited and disorganized area of showers
and thunderstorms while it moves west-northwestward at 10 to 15 mph.
Significant development of this system is not expected before
environmental conditions become even less favorable for development
over the weekend.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent.

Northeastern Gulf of America and Offshore of the Southeastern U.S.:
An area of low pressure is forecast to form this weekend over the
northeastern Gulf of America. Some gradual development of this
system is possible while it meanders over the northeastern Gulf,
northern Florida, or the extreme western Atlantic near northeastern
Florida early next week.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.

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Forecaster Brown

There are no tropical cyclones at this time.

No tropical cyclones as of Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:10:05 GMT