000 ABNT20 KNHC 151144 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2009 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON RECENTLY- UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM ANA...LOCATED ABOUT 1010 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED ABOUT 600 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS CONTINUES TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED...AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION MAY BE FORMING. IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE...ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE INITIATED LATER THIS MORNING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE...GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT... OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. A TROPICAL WAVE INTERACTING WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW IS PRODUCING DISORGANIZED CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS FROM THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA NORTHWARD ACROSS CUBA AND THE BAHAMAS TO SOUTH FLORIDA. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD WEST-NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO 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. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM ANA ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT32 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPAT2. FORECAST/ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM ANA ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT22 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMAT2. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN