000 ABNT20 KNHC 092116 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL1 530 PM EDT SUN SEP 9 2007 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE...LOCATED INLAND ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE...IS LOCATED ABOUT 800 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS AND IS PRODUCING A LARGE AREA OF CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS APPEAR CONDUCIVE FOR GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE A FEW HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS HAVE DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON. DEVELOPMENT...IF ANY...OF THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO OCCUR AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THIS WAVE COULD BRING SHOWER ACTIVITY TO THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH AND AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW. CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE