[Tropical] Tropical Weather Outlook and Summary

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ABNT20 KNHC 261544
TWOAT
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1130 AM EDT FRI AUG 25 2005

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON STRENGTHENING
HURRICANE KATRINA... LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO ABOUT
45 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA...OR ABOUT 75 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NAPLES FLORIDA.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE ABOUT 900
MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS HAS BECOME A LITTLE
BETTER ORGANIZED.  WHILE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE CURRENTLY ONLY
MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT... THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
MORE FAVORABLE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO...AND  A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION COULD FORM LATER TODAY OR ON SATURDAY AS THE SYSTEM
MOVES TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST.

DISORGANIZED CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE COVERING A LARGE AREA
EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS WESTWARD ACROSS
HISPANIOLA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO
SIGNS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION.

A LARGE TROPICAL WAVE ACCOMPANIED BY A BROAD SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
AREA IS LOCATED ABOUT 700 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BECOME A LITTLE BETTER
ORGANIZED TODAY... AND SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH
SATURDAY.

FORECASTER STEWART

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