000 ABNT20 KNHC 051506 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1130 AM EDT FRI OCT 5 2007 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH A NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE AREA IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO HAS INCREASED A LITTLE THIS MORNING. THE SYSTEM IS MOVING NORTHWESTWARD ABOUT 10 MPH...AND THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER INLAND OVER SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA OR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT...IF ANY...OF THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO OCCUR. HOWEVER...INTERESTS IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM UNTIL IT MOVES INLAND. A LARGE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER OVER THE BAHAMAS AND THE ADJACENT WATERS IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELONGATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM REMAINS DISORGANIZED...AND UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE CURRENTLY NOT FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT. ANY INCREASE IN ORGANIZATION SHOULD BE SLOW TO OCCUR AS THE SYSTEM MOVES WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE...IS LOCATED ABOUT 850 MILES EAST OF THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS REMAIN UNFAVORABLE FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION MELISSA ARE LOCATED ABOUT 900 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. SIGNIFICANT REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED ALTHOUGH INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE CENTER ARE POSSIBLE. AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER HAS FORMED FROM THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE ATLANTIC FOR A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW AND A LOW-LEVEL TROUGH. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM...IF ANY...SHOULD BE SLOW TO OCCUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS IT DRIFTS SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN