000 ABNT20 KNHC 081726 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL...LOCATED EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. A VIGOROUS UPPER-LEVEL LOW IS PRODUCING A LARGE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BAHAMAS AND ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF A SURFACE CIRCULATION AND PRESSURES ARE HIGH IN THE AREA. THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE... NEAR 0 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. HOWEVER...THIS DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE BAHAMAS THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING...AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. && PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT33 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPAT3. FORECAST/ADVISORIES ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT23 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMAT3. $$ FORECASTER STEWART