000 ABNT20 KNHC 220236 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2005 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON RECENTLY UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN... LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GREAT ABACO IN THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS. A TROPICAL WAVE IS PRODUCING A LARGE AREA OF CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND ADJACENT LAND AREAS. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWESTWARD DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO... BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...BELIZE...GUATEMALA...HONDURAS...THE CAYMAN ISLANDS...AND WESTERN CUBA. WHILE PROXIMITY TO LAND WILL LIKELY LIMIT DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO... SOME GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER WHEN IT IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT31 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPAT1. FORECAST/ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT21 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMAT1. FORECASTER KNABB $$