TROPICAL DISCUSSION - 9:30 A.M. - TUESDAY - AUGUST 15, 2000


ALBERTO: CONTINUES TO "SPIN DOWN" WHILE DOING LOOP OVER NORTHEAST ATLANTIC.
NO THREAT TO LAND.

BERYL: MOVED INLAND ABOUT 125 MILES SOUTH OF KBRO ABOUT 2:30-3:00 THIS MORNING.
MAIN THREAT FROM BERYL WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS S.E. TEXAS THEN
SPREADING UP THE RIO GRANDE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

ELSEWHERE: THERE ARE SEVERAL WAVES OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC THIS MORNING.
NONE SHOW SIGNS OF IMMEDIATE DEVELOPEMNT. THE TWO WITH THE MOST PROMISE
ARE:

1) MID-WAY BETWEEN THE ISLANDS AND AFRICA...DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM BUT IT WILL BE SLOW
2) WAVE JUST COMING OFF AFRICA...THIS SYSTEM LOOKS FAIRLY WELL DEVELOPED AND SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS.