000 WTNT64 KNHC 111644 TCUAT4 TROPICAL STORM MARIA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142011 1245 PM AST SUN SEP 11 2011 A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA IN ASSOCIATION WITH MARIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER THE EXTREME NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. $$ FORECASTER BROWN