NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Monday it was monitoring disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave in the western Atlantic Ocean but gave it a low chance - less than 30 percent - of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 24 hours.
The NHC said some slow development of the system, located about 350 miles east of the Leeward Islands, was possible during the next couple of days as it moved west-northwest at 20 to 25 miles per hour.
Meanwhile, the NHC early Monday issued its last advisory on former Hurricane Bill, which lost its tropical characteristics on Monday while located about 190 miles northeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
Bill, the first hurricane of the 2009 season, hit Eastern Canada with heavy winds and rain over the weekend after kicking up the seas along the U.S. East Coast.
Atlantic Canada is an energy-producing region, exporting oil, natural gas and refined products.
Bill drew the interest of the North American energy market because of the potential threat to oil and natural gas platforms and refineries in eastern Canada, but no major disruptions to energy infrastructure were reported during the weekend.
(Reporting by Joe Silha; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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