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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST THU AUG 17 2000
 
...COR FOR NORTHWESTWARD INSTEAD OF NORTHEASTWARD IN ALL INTERESTS
PARAGRAPH...

...STRONG TROPICAL WAVE IS NOW TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX...

SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON INDICATES THAT THE STRONG TROPICAL
WAVE TO THE EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES HAS DEVELOPED A CLOSED
CIRCULATION AND IS NOW TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX.

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 555 MILES...890 KM...EAST OF GUADELOUPE.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS NOT WELL ORGANIZED AT THE PRESENT
TIME...BUT ONLY A SMALL INCREASE IN STRENGTH WOULD BRING THE
DEPRESSION TO TROPICAL STORM STATUS.      
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.
 
ALL INTERESTS IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO...SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE
DEPRESSION. 
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...14.9 N... 53.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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