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Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Sun Oct 15 2017
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane
Ophelia, located over the far eastern Atlantic Ocean more than 500
miles east of the easternmost Azores.
1. The broad area of low pressure NHC has been tracking for a few days
is now centered a little more than 100 miles north of Puerto Rico.
The low is producing numerous showers and a few squalls mainly to
the east of the center. Further development of this system, if any,
will likely ocurr while the low and its associated activity move
toward the northwest and north during the next two to three days.
After that time, this system is expected to merge with a cold
front.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...30 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.
Forecaster Avila
Original author: NHC
