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ABNT20 KNHC 171749
TWOAT 
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM 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 625 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A WESTWARD-MOVING TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED
ABOUT 450 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS HAVE
DIMINISHED TODAY. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS NOT
ANTICIPATED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

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.

A LARGE AREA OF CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
TROPICAL WAVE HAS FORMED ABOUT 500 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS.  FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS NOT LIKELY
DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE WEST AT ABOUT 
10 TO 15 MPH.

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

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FORECASTER LANDSEA/STEWART