Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook

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ABNT20 KNHC 181428
TWOAT 
Special Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
Issued by the NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
1030 AM EDT Fri Sep 18 2026
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:
Special outlook to update information on the area of low pressure 
located southwest of the Azores (AL99) and to remove AL98 from the 
outlook. 
Eastern Subtropical Atlantic (AL99):
Recent satellite imagery indicates that showers and thunderstorms 
are becoming better organized in association with an area of low 
pressure located several hundred miles southwest of the Azores. In 
addition, it appears that a well-defined center is developing. If 
these current trends continue, a tropical depression could form as 
soon as later this afternoon. The system is expected to move slowly 
over the next several days remaining to the southwest of the Azores.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...medium...60 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...medium...60 percent.