NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 605 PM EDT Fri Sep 2 2022 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Special Tropical Weather Outlook issued to update the discussion of the low pressure system located east of the Leeward Islands. Active Systems: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Danielle, located about 900 miles west of the Azores. 1. East of the Leeward Islands: Updated: Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that the circulation associated with an area of low pressure located a couple of hundred miles east of the Leeward Islands has become better defined today, and the plane reported that surface pressures have fallen a bit. If the showers and thunderstorms associated with the low persist through the evening, the system could become a tropical depression as early as tonight. The disturbance is expected to move slowly west-northwestward, toward the adjacent waters of the northern Leeward Islands. Regardless of development, locally heavy rains may occur over portions of the Leeward Islands during the next couple of days, and interests in that area should monitor the progress of the system. Additional information on this system can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...70 percent. 2. Eastern Tropical Atlantic: Shower activity associated with a broad area of low pressure located northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands has diminished. Significant development is not expected as this system moves generally west-northwestward into an area of unfavorable environmental conditions. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...near 0 percent. High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service can be found under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 KWBC, and online at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.php