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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST THU SEP 21 2000

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...

SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER
SOUTH OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS HAS BECOME TROPICAL DEPRESSION
THIRTEEN.
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  23.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 225 MILES...360 KM...SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH
...28 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...11.7 N... 23.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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