0918 GMT [Dow Jones] The threat of a tropical storm heading toward BP's (BP) stricken Deepwater Horizon rig is subsiding, points out Olivier Jakob of Petromatrix. There is a 60% chance of a tropical storm forming in the next 48 hours as an area of low atmospheric pressure meets the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, data from the National Hurricane Center show. But differing computer models suggest the direction of this storm afterwards, will either be toward Florida or toward the south of Texas, bypassing the wrecked BP rig, Jakob notes. BP shares -7.2% at 302p. (patrick.gourlay@dowjones.com) Contact us in London. +44-20-7842-9464 Markettalk.eu@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires June 25, 2010 05:18 ET (09:18 GMT)