000 ABNT20 KNHC 010230 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 PM EDT SUN SEP 30 2007 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... A LARGE BUT DISORGANIZED AREA OF CLOUDINESS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IS LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...BAHAMA ISLANDS...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THIS ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH AND A WEAK SURFACE LOW. SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT...PERHAPS OF A SUBTROPICAL NATURE...IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY WESTWARD OR WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD. DISORGANIZED CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THE REMNANTS OF KAREN...EXTEND FROM THE LEEWARD ISLANDS EASTWARD FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES. THE STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS IN THIS AREA COULD WEAKEN A LITTLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO OCCUR AS IT MOVES NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE REMNANT LOW OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION MELISSA IS LOCATED ABOUT 675 MILES WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS AND IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS SYSTEM IS PRODUCING ONLY LIMITED AND INTERMITTENT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...AND REGENERATION APPEARS UNLIKELY DUE TO STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE REMNANTS OF KAREN AND MELISSA...PLEASE SEE THE HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER KNABB