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Tropical Weather Outlook Statement as of 5:30 PM EDT on September 11, 2002 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico... The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Gustav...located about 275 miles south-southwest of Halifax Nova Scotia. Surface observations indicate that the broad low pressure area over the east-central Gulf of Mexico continues to become better organized. Upper-level winds are only marginally favorable for development...however there is the potential for tropical or subtropical cyclone formation in this area. An Air Force hurricane hunter plane is scheduled to investigate the system this evening. A westward-moving tropical wave is located in the far eastern Atlantic about 700 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. Although the associated shower activity is minimal at this time...this system has the potential for slow development over the next couple of days. Elsewhere...tropical storm formation is not expected through Thursday. Forecaster pasch |