000 ABNT20 KNHC 200903 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT WED SEP 20 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE GORDON...LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN AZORES ISLANDS...AND ON HURRICANE HELENE...LOCATED ABOUT 745 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. A SMALL NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ABOUT 325 MILES SOUTH OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA IS RACING NORTHEASTWARD AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE CHANGE IN ORGANIZATION...AND FORMATION OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE IS UNLIKELY BEFORE THE SYSTEM REACHES MUCH COOLER WATERS AND BEGINS TO WEAKEN LATER THIS MORNING. A TROPICAL WAVE ACCOMPANIED BY A BROAD SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS CENTERED ABOUT 450 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED AND BECOME A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED THIS MORNING...AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. $$ FORECASTER STEWART