000 ABNT20 KNHC 132306 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM EDT WED SEP 13 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE GORDON...LOCATED ABOUT 570 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA...AND ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT...LOCATED ABOUT 445 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES AND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AREA ASSOCIATED WITH A WESTWARD TROPICAL WAVE. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION AND UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT CURRENTLY CONDUCIVE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. THE STRONG EXTRATROPICAL STORM...FORMERLY HURRICANE FLORENCE...IS CURRENTLY CROSSING SOUTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. $$ FORECASTER AVILA