ABNT20 KNHC 252118 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2004 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... A LARGE EXTRATROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS CENTERED ABOUT 500 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA. THIS SYSTEM HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY RODAY...WHILE SEVERAL LOW-LEVEL CYCLONIC SWIRLS HAVE BEEN MOVING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE LARGER LOW PRESSURE AREA. NONE OF THE SMALLER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS SHOW ANY SIGN OF SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC. A TROPICAL WAVE...ACCOMPANIED BY A WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA...IS MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD ACROSS THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF VENEZUELA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND ADJACENT LAND AREAS. THERE ARE NO CURRENTLY SIGNS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. FORECASTER STEWART $$