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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST THU AUG 19 1999
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR MOVING WESTWARD IN THE FAR EASTERN
ATLANTIC...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  21.3 WEST OR ABOUT 
155 MILES...250 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.  ON THIS TRACK...
THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION WILL PASS VERY CLOSE TO THE CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
THE SYSTEM COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BEFORE REACHING THE CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO SPREAD OVER THESE ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT
12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...14.0 N... 21.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
GUINEY
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
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