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ABNT20 KNHC 281759
TWOAT 
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2008

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL
STORM GUSTAV...LOCATED NEAR THE EASTERN TIP OF JAMAICA...AND ON
TROPICAL STORM HANNA...LOCATED ABOUT 305 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE
NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

A CONCENTRATED AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...ASSOCIATED WITH A
TROPICAL WAVE...HAS PERSISTED TODAY OVER THE SOUTHERN BAY OF
CAMPECHE...ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO EVIDENCE YET OF A SURFACE
CIRCULATION OVER WATER.  SOME DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS
POSSIBLE IF IT REMAINS OVER WATER DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO WHILE
MOVING VERY SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD.  REGARDLESS OF
DEVELOPMENT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF
EAST-CENTRAL MEXICO TODAY AND FRIDAY.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAINS SPARSE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LARGE
TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA
AND THE LESSER ANTILLES.  ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM DURING THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO OCCUR AS IT MOVES
WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

A WELL-DEFINED TROPICAL WAVE IS LOCATED NEAR THE WEST COAST OF
AFRICA AND IS ABOUT TO EMERGE OVER THE EXTREME EASTERN TROPICAL
ATLANTIC.  GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

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FORECASTER KNABB