The 8am TWO changed from "marginally favorable" to "sufficiently favorable".
1. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL96):
Shower and thunderstorm activity continues in association with an
area of low pressure located about 700 miles east-northeast of the
northern Leeward Islands. However, the system does not currently
have a well-defined center of circulation. Environmental conditions
are forecast to be sufficiently favorable for development over the
next few days, and a tropical depression or storm is likely to form
during the next day or so. The system is expected to move
northwestward at 10 to 15 mph today, and then turn northward over
the central subtropical Atlantic by late tonight or Tuesday.
Additional information on this system, including gale warnings, can
be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather
Service.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
* Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.