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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN SEP 03 2000

...ERNESTO DETERIORATING INTO A TROPICAL WAVE...

SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT ERNESTO NO LONGER HAS A CLOSED
CIRCULATION.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE DISSIPATING CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
ERNESTO WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  59.0
WEST OR ABOUT 300 MILES...480 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN
LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
ERNESTOS REMNANT...A TROPICAL WAVE...IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR...FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  THE WAVE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...DISSIPATING NEAR 20.0 N... 59.0 W.

MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON ERNESTO...UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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