000 ABNT20 KNHC 120541 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 200 AM EDT THU SEP 12 2013 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE HUMBERTO...LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS...AND ON RECENTLY DOWNGRADED TROPICAL DEPRESSION GABRIELLE...LOCATED ALMOST A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE WEST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA IS CURRENTLY DISORGANIZED. HOWEVER...SURFACE PRESSURES ARE FALLING ACROSS THIS REGION...AND THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE LATER TODAY WHERE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONDUCIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT. THIS DISTURBANCE IS LIKELY TO BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS LONG AS IT REMAINS FAR ENOUGH OFFSHORE. THIS SYSTEM HAS A HIGH CHANCE...60 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND A HIGH CHANCE...80 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS WHILE IT MOVES SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER A LARGE PART OF EASTERN MEXICO IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AND THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. LIMITED AND DISORGANIZED CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS CONTINUE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED ABOUT 550 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE UNFAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND THIS DISTURBANCE HAS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS COULD BECOME A LITTLE MORE FAVORABLE IN SEVERAL DAYS...AND THIS SYSTEM HAS A LOW CHANCE...20 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AND THEN NORTHWESTWARD. && FIVE-DAY FORMATION PROBABILITIES ARE EXPERIMENTAL IN 2013. COMMENTS ON THE EXPERIMENTAL FORECASTS CAN BE PROVIDED AT... HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=ETWO $$ FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN