000 ABNT20 KNHC 101525 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1130 AM EDT MON SEP 10 2007 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION GABRIELLE...LOCATED ABOUT 330 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE AND LOCATED ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS AND THE LESSER ANTILLES...IS PRODUCING A LARGE AREA OF CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS SYSTEM IS GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10-15 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH AND AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW ARE PRODUCING A LARGE BUT DISORGANIZED AREA OF CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES SLOWLY WESTWARD OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BROWN/KNABB