000 ABNT20 KNHC 011133 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 AM EDT SUN AUG 1 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... A NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ABOUT 850 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS IS PRODUCING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS ACTIVITY HAS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED THIS MORNING AND CONDITIONS APPEAR CONDUCIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES GENERALLY WESTWARD AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE...60 PERCENT...OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. A WESTWARD-MOVING TROPICAL WAVE IS PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. HOWEVER...THIS ACTIVITY REMAINS SOMEWHAT DISORGANIZED AND UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE CURRENTLY NOT CONDUCIVE FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT BEFORE THE DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO CENTRAL AMERICA IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER STEWART/KIMBERLAIN