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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT FRI SEP 08 2000

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED OVER THE
NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE BROAD AND ILL-DEFINED CENTER OF THE
TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE
93.5 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES...95 KM...SOUTH OF CAMERON LOUISIANA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE
REST OF TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12
HOURS UNTIL LANDFALL...WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING AFTERWARDS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
THE MAIN THREATS FROM THIS DEPRESSION WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND
COASTAL FLOODING.  INTERESTS ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS
COASTAL AREAS SHOULD NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE BROAD
CENTER OF THIS SYSTEM.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG
AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE WEST OF
WHERE THE CENTER TRACKS.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ALONG WELL
EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...29.0 N... 93.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 4 AM CDT...SATURDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
  
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