000 ABNT20 KNHC 190542 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT MON JUL 19 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... A TROPICAL WAVE EXTENDING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS IS MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. SURFACE PRESSURES HAVE FALLEN OVER THIS AREA...AND SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS BECOME A MORE CONCENTRATED JUST NORTH OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. HOWEVER...UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE ONLY MARGINALLY FAVORABLE AND ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DISTURBANCE SHOULD BE SLOW TO OCCUR. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...20 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. REGARDLESS OF DEVELOPMENT...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTURBANCE COULD AFFECT THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS... THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...PUERTO RICO...THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC... HAITI...AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE IS PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA...JAMAICA...AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. ALTHOUGH SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED AND BECOME A LITTLE MORE CONCENTRATED SOUTH OF JAMAICA...THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO SIGNS OF A SURFACE CIRCULATION IN THIS AREA. HOWEVER...SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DISTURBANCE IS STILL POSSIBLE AS IT MOVES GENERALLY WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...20 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. $$ FORECASTER STEWART