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Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook



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ABNT20 KNHC 292345
TWOAT 
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008

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

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON RECENTLY
UPGRADED HURRICANE GUSTAV...LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE
CAYMAN AND CAYMAN BRAC...AND ON TROPICAL STORM HANNA...LOCATED
ABOUT 280 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED AND REMAINS
DISORGANIZED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 1400
MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.  UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE ONLY
MARGINALLY FAVORABLE...AND ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE
SLOW TO OCCUR AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

THE BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE
LOCATED ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
HAS CHANGED LITTLE IN ORGANIZATION THIS EVENING. 
HOWEVER...CONDITIONS APPEAR CONDUCIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THIS
SYSTEM COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  FURTHERMORE...THIS
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SHOWERS AND SQUALLS TO THE CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

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

$$ 
FORECASTER ROBERTS/BEVEN





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