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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT THU AUG 19 1999

...CORRECTION FOR PARAGRAPH TWO AND THREE...
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE DRIFTING WESTWARD...

A U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS SCHEDULED TO
INVESTIGATE THE DEPRESSION LATER THIS MORNING. ALL INTERESTS IN THE
WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
THIS SYSTEM.

AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 
93.8 WEST OR ABOUT 300 MILES...500 KM...SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST...AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 
24 HOURS.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...19.9 N... 93.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 AM CDT.
 
GUINEY
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
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