000 ABNT20 KNHC 272102 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 2006 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... A WESTWARD-MOVING TROPICAL WAVE...ACCOMPANIED BY A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...IS LOCATED ABOUT 80 MILES NORTH OF BARBADOS AND ALSO ABOUT 110 MILES EAST OF MARTINIQUE IN THE CENTRAL LESSER ANTILLES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INCREASED AND BECOME A LITTLE MORE CONCENTRATED NEAR THE CENTER...AND UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BECOME SOMEWHAT MORE FAVORABLE FOR SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. THIS SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVES ACROSS MUCH OF THE LESSER ANTILLES AND ADJACENT WATERS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. $$ FORECASTER STEWART/BLAKE