000
ABNT20 KNHC 121132
TWOAT 
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2008

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

A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE IS
LOCATED 650 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.  ASSOCIATED SHOWER
AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN GRADUALLY INCREASING...AND A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION COULD FORM DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO AS THE
SYSTEM MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD OR NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. 
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS SCHEDULED TO
INVESTIGATE THIS SYSTEM LATER TODAY...IF NECESSARY.

A LARGE AND COMPLEX AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER IS LOCATED OVER THE
EASTERN ATLANTIC EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
SOUTHWESTWARD FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES.  ALTHOUGH THIS SYSTEM 
HAS CHANGED LITTLE IN ORGANIZATION SINCE YESTERDAY...A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION COULD STILL FORM WITHIN THIS AREA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT  10 TO 15 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA HAVE DIMINISHED.  

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

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FORECASTER RHOME/BROWN