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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 1A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT WED SEP 19 2001

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE MOVING INLAND OVER NORTHEASTERN 
NICARAGUA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF 
CENTRAL AMERICA FROM BLUEFIELDS NICARAGUA NORTHWARD TO DANGRIGA IN 
SOUTHERN BELIZE.  THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH WILL LIKELY BE 
DISCONTINUED TONIGHT.
 
OBSERVATIONS FROM NICARAGUA INDICATE THAT AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE 
BROAD CIRCULATION OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  83.1 WEST. THIS POSITION IS ON THE 
COAST VERY NEAR PUERTO CABEZAS NICARAGUA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH
...28 KM/HR.  ON THIS TRACK...THE BROAD CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION 
WILL BE MOVING INLAND OVER NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. BECAUSE THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING INLAND...WEAKENING IS 
FORECAST.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.67 INCHES.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES...100 TO 150 MILLIMETERS... 
ACCOMPANY THE DEPRESSION. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING 
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA 
INCLUDING THE PACIFIC COAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...14.0 N... 83.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 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 AVILA
 
 
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