000 ABNT20 KNHC 090221 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 550 MILES EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY INDICATIONS OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM....AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY BECOME LESS CONDUCIVE FOR A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TO FORM DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. HOWEVER...THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN SQUALLS OVER PORTIONS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES BY LATE WEDNESDAY OR EARLY THURSDAY. A BROAD NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ABOUT 800 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES IS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. SHOWER ACTIVITY REMAINS LIMITED AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LOCATED OVER CENTRAL CUBA...THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND THE FLORIDA STRAITS IS PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE UNFAVORABLE FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. $$ FORECASTER BROWN/STEWART