000 ABNT20 KNHC 121500 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1130 AM EDT THU OCT 12 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BETWEEN PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. THIS SYSTEM HAS NOT BECOME ANY BETTER-ORGANIZED THIS MORNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO BECOME LESS FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT. THUS... THE CHANCE FOR A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TO FORM IS DECREASING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND ADJACENT LAND AREAS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD BETWEEN 10 TO 15 MPH. A SMALL LOW PRESSURE AREA...ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE...IS LOCATED ABOUT 750 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE/AVILA