Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook

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ABNT20 KNHC 201722
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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2026
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:
Northeastern Atlantic:
A non-tropical area of low pressure is expected to develop along a 
front over the northeastern Atlantic by early Friday. This system 
could separate from its fronts and acquire some subtropical or 
tropical characteristics later this weekend while it moves generally 
eastward or east-northeastward toward Portugal and northwestern 
Spain. For more information, see High Seas Forecasts issued by 
Meteo France.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...low...20 percent.
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High Seas Forecasts issued by Meteo France can be found under WMO 
header FQNT50 LFPW and on the web at 
https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/raw/fq/fqnt50.lfpw..txt