000 ABNT20 KNHC 122351 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT SUN SEP 12 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE IGOR...LOCATED ABOUT 1065 MILES EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...AND ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE...LOCATED ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. AIRCRAFT DATA FROM NOAA AND NASA RESEARCH MISSIONS WITHIN THE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA SUGGEST THAT THE SYSTEM MAY NOT HAVE A WELL-DEFINED CENTER OF CIRCULATION. HOWEVER...THE DISTURBANCE IS STILL PRODUCING A LARGE AND DISORGANIZED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO...HISPANIOLA... JAMAICA...AND CUBA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES...ESPECIALLY IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THERE IS A MEDIUM CHANCE...40 PERCENT...THAT THIS SYSTEM COULD BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH TOWARD THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT32 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPAT2. FORECAST/ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT22 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMAT2. $$ FORECASTER BERG