000 ABNT20 KNHC 202108 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM 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 HELENE...LOCATED ABOUT 610 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA...AND HAS ISSUED THE LAST ADVISORY ON GORDON...WHICH IS BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL ABOUT 380 MILES WEST OF LISBON PORTUGAL. A SMALL NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...NEAR THE EASTERN TIP OF NOVA SCOTIA...IS CURRENTLY MERGING WITH A COLD FRONT. DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED. A LARGE TROPICAL WAVE...ACCOMPANIED BY A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...IS CENTERED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. THIS SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY DISORGANIZED AND DEVELOPMENT..IF ANY...SHOULD BE SLOW TO OCCUR AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE EXTRATROPICAL REMNANT OF GORDON CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY METEO FRANCE UNDER WMO HEADER FQNT50 LFPW. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. $$ FORECASTER MAINELLI/BEVEN