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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST FRI SEP 01 2000

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...
...SIGNIFICANT STRENGTHENING NOT ANTICIPATED...

THE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE THAT
HAS BEEN TRACKED FOR SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC...HAS
BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AND IS NOW TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT. AT 11
PM AST...0300Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF THE TROPICAL
DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  48.6
WEST OR ABOUT 840 MILES...1360 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ALONG THE PATH OF THE DEPRESSION ARE NOT
FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT STRENGTHENING.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...15.5 N... 48.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...SATURDAY.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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