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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 PM EDT TUE SEP 19 2000

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE REDEVELOPS SOUTH OF CUBA...
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA WILL LIKELY ISSUE A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
FOR THE PROVINCES OF THE ISLE OF YOUTH...HAVANA...THE CITY OF
HAVANA...AND PINAR DEL RIO AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z.

REPORTS FROM A NOAA PLANE SHOW THAT A CLOSED CIRCULATION HAS
REDEVELOPED IN THE TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE NORTHWEST
CARIBBEAN...INDICATING THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE HAS REFORMED.
 
AT 7 PM EDT...2300Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  80.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 60 MILES...95 KM..NORTHEAST OF GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH
...26 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL BE NEAR THE
WESTERN TIP OF CUBA AROUND MIDDAY ON WEDNESDAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.
 
HEAVY RAINS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE AFFECTING
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN CUBA.     
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM EDT POSITION...19.9 N... 80.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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