000 ABNT20 KNHC 151528 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1130 AM EDT SUN OCT 15 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD LOW PRESSURE AREA CENTERED ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO JUST NORTH OF TAMPICO. DUE TO STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS AND PROXIMITY TO LAND...TROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD AT ABOUT 10 MPH. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF THIS LOW AND A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN MEXICO AND SOUTHERN TEXAS DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AREA IS NEARLY STATIONARY ABOUT 150 MILES NORTH OF PUERTO RICO. ASSOCIATED SHOWER ACTIVITY IS DISORGANIZED AND UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT CONDUCIVE FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. $$ FORECASTER KNABB/BROWN