000 ABNT20 KNHC 060901 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT SUN AUG 6 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 CENTERED ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA ABOUT 100 MILES EAST OF HAVANA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS...FLORIDA KEYS...AND THE EXTREME SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD WESTWARD INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO BE MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR THE REMNANTS OF CHRIS TO REDEVELOP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE SYSTEM MOVES WEST OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH. ANOTHER BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS LOCATED ABOUT 550 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. THIS SYSTEM IS GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED...AND SOME FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT AROUND 10 MPH. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. $$ FORECASTER STEWART