000
ABNT20 KNHC 201742
TWOAT 

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2012

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL
STORM CHRIS...LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE RACE
NEWFOUNDLAND.

A LARGE AREA OF CLOUDINESS...SHOWERS...AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM WESTERN CUBA AND ADJACENT WATERS NORTHWARD TO SOUTHERN FLORIDA
IS ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE.  UPPER-LEVEL WINDS
COULD BECOME A LITTLE MORE CONDUCIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN A COUPLE OF
DAYS AS THE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD
INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO.  THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE...20
PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 
HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN
CUBA...SOUTHERN FLORIDA...AND THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

&&
PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM CHRIS ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO
HEADER WTNT33 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPAT3.
FORECAST/ADVISORIES ON CHRIS ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT23
KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMAT3.

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FORECASTER ROBERTS/BROWN