000 ABNT20 KNHC 300534 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE REMNANT CIRCULATION OF FORMER TROPICAL STORM NICOLE...LOCATED ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA AND ABOUT 65 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF FREEPORT BAHAMAS...IS EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS CONFINED MAINLY TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOW...AND WIND GUSTS TO GALE FORCE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE STRONGER RAIN SQUALLS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS TODAY. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AT 15 TO 20 MPH. A TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS IS PRODUCING DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME LESS FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EAST-CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC ABOUT 1200 MILES EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS IS ALSO PRODUCING DISORGANIZED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. HOWEVER... CONDITIONS APPEAR CONDUCIVE FOR SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...20 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