000 ABNT20 KNHC 300551 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT TUE SEP 30 2008 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON SUBTROPICAL STORM LAURA...LOCATED ABOUT 585 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND. CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AND AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD OVER FLORIDA AND INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED HERE OR ELSEWHERE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON LAURA ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT32 AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPAT2. FORECAST/ADVISORIES ON LAURA ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT22 AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMAT2. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN