000 ABNT20 KNHC 260919 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM KAREN...LOCATED ABOUT 1285 MILES EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN....LOCATED ABOUT 205 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. THIS SYSTEM IS POORLY ORGANIZED...AND UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE UNFAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HOWEVER...THIS SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND HISPANIOLA TODAY. AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER OVER SOUTH FLORIDA...THE WESTERN BAHAMAS...AND THE EXTREME WESTERN ATLANTIC IS ASSOCIATED WITH A MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS. SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS IT LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS COULD OCCUR OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE BAHAMAS DURING THIS TIME. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT33 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPAT3 AND FORECAST/ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT23 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMAT3. $$ FORECASTER RHOME/BEVEN