Tropical Weather Outlook

Statement as of 11:30 am EDT on July 28, 2004

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico...
Disorganized cloudiness and thunderstorms extending from Florida
estward across the Bahamas and the Atlantic are primarily
associated with an upper-level trough. This activity is expected to
spread slowly toward the west-northwest. Surface pressures remain
high and upper-level winds are not favorable for development.
Elsewhere...tropical storm formation is not expected through
Thursday.
Forecaster Avila
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This may be one of the last 'shooting blanks' statements from NOAA we may see for a while.