000 ABNT20 KNHC 262131 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN HOUSTON AND SAN ANTONIO TEXAS IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS...AND ADJACENT GULF WATERS. THIS SYSTEM IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER LAND. THEREFORE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. FOR ADDITIONAL AND FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SYSTEM...PLEASE CONSULT PRODUCTS AND FORECAST FROM YOUR LOCAL NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE, AND STORM SUMMARIES FROM THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER UNDER WMO HEADER ACUS43 KWBC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDSCCNS3. CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS OF MUCH OF THE LESSER ANTILLES AND ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE ENTERING THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. WHILE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED AND BECOME A LITTLE MORE CONCENTRATED... UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT CONDUCIVE FOR ANY RAPID ORGANIZATION OF THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 20 TO 25 MPH. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. $$ FORECASTER ROBERTS/STEWART