000 ABNT20 KNHC 122124 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM EDT THU OCT 12 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA HAS REDEVELOPED A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF PUERTO RICO. OVERALL THE SYSTEM HAS CHANGED LITTLE IN ORGANIZATION THIS AFTERNOON...AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING LESS CONDUCIVE FOR TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES WEST- NORTHWESTWARD BETWEEN 10 TO 15 MPH. A SMALL LOW PRESSURE AREA...ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE...IS LOCATED ABOUT 800 MILES WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. $$ FORECASTER MAINELLI/BEVEN