000 ABNT20 KNHC 041044 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2005 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON RECENTLY UPGRADED HURRICANE MARIA... LOCATED ABOUT 645 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. A WELL-DEFINED SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED ABOUT 400 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS IS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWARD. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE GRADUALLY BEEN INCREASING THIS MORNING... AND UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BECOME A LITTLE MORE CONCENTRATED OVER THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS...THE FLORIDA STRAITS...AND SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA. THIS ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH. SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS UPPER-LEVEL WINDS GRADUALLY BECOME MORE FAVORABLE. SHOWER ACTIVITY REMAINS LIMITED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE WESTWARD-MOVING TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 750 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE REMNANT CIRCULATION OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE IS CENTERED ABOUT 950 MILES NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA AND IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM LAND. WHILE SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED...REDEVELOPMENT INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE IS NOT EXPECTED DUE TO THE SYSTEM MOVING OVER COOLER WATER. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. FORECASTER STEWART $$