000 ABNT20 KNHC 060232 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF FORMER TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHRIS...IS PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA NORTHWARD TO SOUTHERN FLORIDA. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS AND WESTERN CUBA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...AS THE SYSTEM MOVES WESTWARD AROUND 15 MPH. SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SLOW DEVELOPMENT ONCE THE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. A BROAD AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER IS LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. WHILE THIS SYSTEM HAS CHANGED LITTLE IN ORGANIZATION THIS EVENING...SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY WESTWARD. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. $$ FORECASTER MAINELLI/KNABB