000 ABNT20 KNHC 301525 CCA TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1130 AM EDT THU AUG 30 2007 ...CORRECTED FOR FIRST SENTENCE... FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY LIMITED... HE WAVE APPEARS TO HAVE BECOME A LITTLE BETTER DEFINED THIS MORNING. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT...AND THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS IT MOVES GENERALLY WESTWARD. INTERESTS IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. A SMALL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE HAS DEVELOPED ABOUT 350 MILES EAST OF CAPE HATTERAS. THIS SYSTEM...WHICH IS CURRENTLY STATIONARY...IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD LATER TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM. THE LOW WILL HAVE A BRIEF OPPORTUNITY FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION BEFORE BECOMING OVERTAKEN BY THE FRONT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED THIS MORNING WITH THE WESTWARD-MOVING TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND OVER MAINLAND MEXICO LATER TODAY BEFORE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR. NEVERTHELESS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MAINLAND MEXICO OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...AND THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE...IS CENTERED ABOUT 250 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. SHOWER ACTIVITY WITH THIS SYSTEM IS MINIMAL AND DEVELOPMENT...IF ANY...IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO OCCUR. SHOWER ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISORGANIZED NON-TROPICAL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE A FEW HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE GEORGIA COAST HAS DIMINISHED...AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER FRANKLIN/PASCH