000 ABNT20 KNHC 130902 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT FRI OCT 13 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... A WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA IS LOCATED A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF PUERTO RICO. THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SHOW LITTLE CHANGE IN ORGANIZATION THIS MORNING...AND UPPER-LEVEL WINDS CONTINUE TO BECOME LESS CONDUCIVE FOR TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...COULD OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS TODAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY NORTHWARD. A SMALL LOW PRESSURE AREA...ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE...IS LOCATED ABOUT 850 MILES WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS AND MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST ABOUT 5 TO 10 MPH. DEVELOPMENT IS NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. $$ FORECASTER MAINELLI/BEVEN