000 ABNT20 KNHC 280202 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 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 MIDWAY BETWEEN BARBADOS AND THE MAIN WINDWARD ISLANDS CHAIN. ALTHOUGH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS CHANGED LITTLE THIS EVENING... UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED 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 SATURDAY. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. $$ FORECASTER STEWART/BLAKE