000 ABNT20 KNHC 111734 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2009 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO...LOCATED ABOUT 350 MILES WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE IS PRODUCING A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM...IF ANY...IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO OCCUR AS IT MOVES GENERALLY WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 550 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES CONTINUES TO PRODUCE DISORGANIZED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO BE SLOW AS IT MOVES WEST TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT32 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPAT2. FORECAST/ ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT22 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMAT2. $$ FORECASTER BERG