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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT FRI SEP 29 2000
 
...ALL INTERESTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF THIS DEPRESSION...

AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  83.2 WEST OR ABOUT 85
MILES...135 KM...NORTH OF CAPE GRACIAS A DIOS ON THE NORTHEASTERN
TIP OF HONDURAS.  THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 400 MILES...650
KM...SOUTH OF WESTERN CUBA.
 
THE DEPRESSION HAS REMAINED STATIONARY OVERNIGHT...BUT IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD DURING 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.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
  
DUE TO THE SLOW MOTION...THERE IS A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN OVER
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA...PRIMARILY HONDURAS.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...16.2 N... 83.2 W.  MOVEMENT
STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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