000 ABNT20 KNHC 251744 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 2009 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE INTERACTING WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW IS CENTERED ABOUT 325 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SHOW SOME SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION...AND UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BECOME MORE CONDUCIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO AS THE SYSTEM MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AROUND 20 MPH. THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE...GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. INTERESTS IN THE BAHAMAS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. THE BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA THIS MORNING HAS MOVED INLAND OVER CENTRAL AMERICA. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO AS IT MOVES WESTWARD INTO THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BROWN