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ABNT20 KNHC 201159
TWOAT 
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT SUN JUL 20 2008

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL
STORM BERTHA...LOCATED ABOUT 670 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF CAPE RACE
NEWFOUNDLAND...AND ON TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL...LOCATED ABOUT 40
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA.

THE STRONG TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA
CONTINUES TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS
TO GALE FORCE IN SQUALLS.  ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT...AND THIS SYSTEM
APPEARS LIKELY TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR A TROPICAL STORM
WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 15
TO 20 MPH TOWARD THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO.  AN AIR FORCE
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE THIS SYSTEM
LATER TODAY.  REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL
AFFECT PORTIONS OF WESTERN CUBA AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS TODAY...AND
THE YUCATAN PENINSULA TONIGHT AND MONDAY.  INTERESTS IN THE
NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.

A SMALL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS LOCATED ABOUT 325 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.  THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO GENERATE A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS...BUT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME UNFAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

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FORECASTER KNABB