000 ABNT20 KNHC 262121 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM 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 1175 MILES EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN....LOCATED ABOUT 190 MILES EAST OF TUXPAN MEXICO. A NEARLY-STATIONARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF KEY WEST FLORIDA AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LARGE AREA OF CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING OVER SOUTH FLORIDA...THE FLORIDA STRAITS AND A PORTION OF THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE MARGINALLY FAVORABLE AND THIS SYSTEM STILL HAS SOME POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC OCEAN. A LARGE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER THAT EXTENDS FROM THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA NORTHWARD ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...PUERTO RICO AND HISPANIOLA IS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER HISPANIOLA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW BUT UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WAVE. A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS HAS BECOME A LITTLE LESS ORGANIZED THIS AFTERNOON. ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO OCCUR AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH. A WELL-ORGANIZED TROPICAL WAVE POSITIONED OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN ABOUT 300 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH. SOME DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE