000 ABNT20 KNHC 230551 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT SAT OCT 23 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM RICHARD...LOCATED ABOUT 70 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE HONDURAS/NICARAGUA BORDER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS HAVE BECOME LESS ORGANIZED OVERNIGHT. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE BECOMING LESS CONDUCIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DISTURBANCE. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...20 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS THROUGH TODAY AS THE LOW MOVES TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST TO NORTH AT 15 MPH. A SMALL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ABOUT 1050 MILES EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS IS PRODUCING DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT CONDUCIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DISTURBANCE...AND THERE IS A LOW CHANCE... NEAR 0 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 5 TO 10 MPH. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BROWN