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

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Potential
Tropical Cyclone Six, located southeast of the Cabo Verde Islands.
* Formation chance through 48 hours…high…80 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days…high…90 percent.

1. A tropical wave located over the north-central Caribbean Sea is producing a large area of cloudiness and thunderstorms extending
from Hispaniola northeastward across the northeastern Caribbean Seaand adjacent Atlantic waters. This activity is forecast to spreadwestward to west-northwestward, but strong upper-level winds areexpected to prevent any significant development of this system during the next several days. Environmental conditions could become
more conducive when the system reaches the eastern Gulf of Mexico early next week.

Regardless of development, this system could
produce enhanced rainfall across portions of Hispaniola, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos, and Florida into early next week.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days…low…10 percent.