2017 Atlantic hurricane season (Bob's Live Version)

The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season is a current event in tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic basin.

Tropical Weather Outlook


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TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK BNWC BOB NEKARO WEATHER CENTER RALEIGH NC 200 PM EDT TUE JUN 6 2017

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

Disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with a weak tropical wave are located in the western Caribbean Sea. This disturbance is expected to move northwestward into the north-central Gulf Of Mexico tomorrow. As the disturbance emerges into the Gulf Of Mexico, conditions could be somewhat favorable for a tropical depression or storm to form in the next couple of days as it moves slowly northwestward at about 8 mph.


 * Formation chance within 48 hours...low...20 percent
 * Formation chance within 5 days...low...30 percent

$$ Forecaster Bob