000 ABNT20 KNHC 140250 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 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 POWERFUL HURRICANE GORDON...LOCATED ABOUT 555 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA...AND ON RECENTLY UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM HELENE...LOCATED ABOUT 565 MILES WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES...PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND ADJACENT ATLANTIC ARE 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 RAPIDLY MOVING AWAY FROM 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 FRIDAY. $$ FORECASTER AVILA