000 ABNT20 KNHC 072355 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM LESLIE...LOCATED ABOUT 360 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA... AND ON HURRICANE MICHAEL...LOCATED ABOUT 930 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES. AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUES TO PRODUCE DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WELL TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY MORE CONDUCIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT BEFORE THE LOW IS ABSORBED BY A COLD FRONT IN A DAY OR TWO. THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE...20 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES EAST- NORTHEASTWARD AT 5 TO 10 MPH. A TROPICAL WAVE IS PRODUCING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA AND THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE AS THE WAVE MOVES WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER BERG