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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 2A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM AST SAT SEP 16 2000

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE CONTINUES TOWARD THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS....

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. MAARTEN...
SABA...AND ST. EUSTATIUS.

AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE POORLY ORGANIZED CENTER OF THE TROPICAL
DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  54.5
WEST OR ABOUT 445 MILES...720 KM...EAST OF GUADELOUPE IN THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH
...20 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON
SATURDAY.  TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR
OTHER PORTIONS OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS ON SATURDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...16.0 N... 54.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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