000 ABNT20 KNHC 080536 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 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 345 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA... AND ON HURRICANE MICHAEL...LOCATED ABOUT 940 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES. CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS HAVE DECREASED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOW IS UNLIKELY BEFORE IT IS ABSORBED BY A COLD FRONT IN A DAY OR TWO. THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AT 5 TO 10 MPH. A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED BETWEEN THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA AND THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS IS PRODUCING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WAVE IS POSSIBLE AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE...20 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER CANGIALOSI