200 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019

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

1. A low pressure system near the North Carolina Outer Banks is moving
into the Atlantic. Upper-level winds are forecast to be only
marginally conducive for development while the system moves
northeastward to east-northeastward, and away from the U.S. east
coast, during the next couple of days.

Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent.

Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.

Forecaster Pasch