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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST THU OCT 19 2000

...MEANWHILE...ANOTHER TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE
ATLANTIC...NO THREAT TO LAND...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF THE NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL
DEPRESSION EIGHTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE
59.4 WEST OR ABOUT 400 MILES...645 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 16 MPH ...26 KM/HR. 
A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR
FRIDAY.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...28.6 N... 59.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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