000 ABNT20 KNHC 062059 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM EDT FRI OCT 6 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... SATELLITE IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE CHANGE IN THE LOW PRESSURE AREA LOCATED ABOUT 300 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA. WHILE THE ASSOCIATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED...THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR THE SYSTEM TO DEVELOP INTO A SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD ABOUT 10 MPH. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER IS SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM ON SATURDAY...IF NECESSARY. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE AND THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...IS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. CONDITIONS ARE NOT FAVORABLE FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER COASTAL AREAS OF EASTERN MEXICO OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO AS THE SYSTEM DRIFTS SLOWLY WESTWARD. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE/PASCH