000 ABNT20 KNHC 140930 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT THU SEP 14 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 550 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA...AND ON TROPICAL STORM HELENE...LOCATED ABOUT 700 MILES WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WESTWARD-MOVING TROPICAL WAVE HAVE DECREASED OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES...PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC OCEAN. 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 KNABB