000 ABNT20 KNHC 101730 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 PM EDT FRI SEP 10 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON RECENTLY UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM IGOR...LOCATED ABOUT 465 MILES WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS CHANGED LITTLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. HOWEVER...SURFACE PRESSURES ARE FALLING IN THIS AREA...AND DATA FROM A NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RECONNAISSANCE MISSION INTO AND AROUND THIS SYSTEM INDICATES THE CIRCULATION OF THE DISTURBANCE HAS BECOME BETTER DEFINED. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE CONDUCIVE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS FOR A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TO FORM AS THE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT AROUND 5 MPH. THERE IS A MEDIUM CHANCE...50 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