000 ABNT20 KNHC 211741 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT TUE SEP 21 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE IGOR...LOCATED ABOUT 75 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ST. JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND...AND ON TROPICAL STORM LISA...LOCATED ABOUT 530 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A VIGOROUS TROPICAL WAVE MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH. NEARBY SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...ALONG WITH DATA FROM A NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AIRCRAFT CONDUCTING A RESEARCH MISSION INTO THIS SYSTEM...INDICATE THE CIRCULATION OF THE DISTURBANCE HAS BECOME BETTER DEFINED. A WIND GUST TO 48 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED ON THE ISLAND OF ST. LUCIA DURING A HEAVY SQUALL. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE CONDUCIVE FOR A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TO FORM DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THERE IS A MEDIUM CHANCE...50 PERCENT... OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WINDWARD ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AND GRADUALLY SPREAD WESTWARD ACROSS THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES...AND OVER THE NORTHERN COASTS OF VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA ON WEDNESDAY. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER STEWART/AVILA