000 ABNT20 KNHC 020928 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER IN WASHINGTON DC IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON THE REMNANTS OF ERNESTO...CENTERED OVER EASTERN VIRGINIA. A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN AFRICA AND THE LESSER ANTILLES IS MOVING WESTWARD AT 10 MPH. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED OVERNIGHT AND GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. A SMALL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES IS MOVING WESTWARD ABOUT 15 MPH. ASSOCIATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INCREASED AND WILL SPREAD OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES TODAY. HOWEVER...UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE UNFAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. $$ FORECASTER BROWN/KNABB