000 ABNT20 KNHC 171531 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1130 AM EDT THU AUG 17 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 70 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA...CONTINUES TO PRODUCE DISORGANIZED AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM APPEARS UNLIKELY AND THE AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE MISSION FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A SMALL CHANCE FOR THIS SYSTEM TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY BEFORE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS BECOME MORE UNFAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT. EVEN IF A DEPRESSION DOES NOT FORM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF GUSTY WINDS COULD AFFECT COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...GEORGIA...AND NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO AS THE SYSTEM DRIFTS SOUTHWESTWARD. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. $$ FORECASTER RHOME/KNABB