000 ABNT20 KNHC 171152 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT FRI OCT 17 2008 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM OMAR...LOCATED ABOUT 670 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A WESTWARD-MOVING TROPICAL WAVE ARE LOCATED ABOUT 500 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT...IF ANY...WILL BE SLOW TO OCCUR. THE REMNANT CIRCULATION OF FORMER TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN IS CENTERED INLAND OVER CENTRAL AMERICA. THIS SYSTEM IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS FROM NORTHERN COSTA RICA TO SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS NOT ANTICIPATED IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER LANDSEA/STEWART