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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN ADVISORY NUMBER 5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SAT SEP 22 2001
 
...A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE ON ITS WAY TO THE DEPRESSION... 
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.8 WEST OR ABOUT 310
MILES...500 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19
KM/HR.  THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH THEREAFTER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  AN AIR FORCE PLANE WILL CHECK THE AREA LATER TODAY TO 
DETERMINE IF THE SYSTEM HAS REACHED TROPICAL STORM STATUS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...28.2 N... 66.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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