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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 2000

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE FORMS IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...
 
SATELLITE PICTURES AND REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT THIS AFTERNOON INDICATE THAT A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION HAS FORMED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. 

AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF THE TROPICAL
DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  93.0
WEST OR ABOUT 335 MILES...535 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS CURRENTLY STATIONARY.  A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  SOME
ERRATIC MOTION IS LIKELY WHILE THE CENTER BECOMES BETTER DEFINED.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR
TOMORROW.  
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
RESIDENTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AND IN NORTHEASTERN MEXICO
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DEPRESSION.  WATCHES OR WARNINGS
WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS EVENING.

REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...23.0 N... 93.0 W.  MOVEMENT
STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 10 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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