Tropics Outlook
10/4/2011 11 AM (CDT)
Atlantic:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Philippe, located about 720 miles southeast of Bermuda. Elsewhere, tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours.
East Pacific:
Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with a broad area of low pressure located about 600 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico has changed little overnight. Environmental conditions appear favorable for slow development of this system during the next couple of days as it moves westward at about 10 mph. This system has a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours. Elsewhere, tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours.

















