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ABNT20 KNHC 231154
TWOAT 
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT SAT AUG 23 2008

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

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL
STORM FAY...CENTERED NEAR THE COAST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ABOUT
20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PANAMA CITY.

A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE IS
LOCATED A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS...AND
IS PRODUCING AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. GRADUAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS AS IT MOVES GENERALLY WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. REGARDLESS OF
DEVELOPMENT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SPREAD OVER PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS TODAY.

A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 950 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS IS PRODUCING DISORGANIZED SHOWER ACTIVITY. ANY
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO BE SLOW DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE WAVE MOVES WESTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

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

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FORECASTER BLAKE