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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST FRI SEP 21 2001

...DEPRESSION STILL WEAK BUT GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.4 WEST OR ABOUT
435 MILES...700 KM...SOUTH OF BERMUDA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 
24 HOURS.
 
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT FOUND THAT THE 
CIRCULATION OF THE DEPRESSION WAS NOT WELL DEFINED.  MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM 
TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.  
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 
1012 MB...29.88 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...26.1 N... 65.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 30 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1012 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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