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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT MON SEP 11 2000

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN FORMS WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA...

...SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS MORNING SUGGESTS THAT THE AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IN THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC HAS ACQUIRED SOME TROPICAL
CHARACTERISTICS AND IS NOW TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 475 MILES...765 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA...AND ABOUT
380 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH
... 9 KM/HR.  MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW AND ERRATIC OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER
TODAY.  AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL BE IN
THE SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...30.4 N... 72.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST SOUTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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