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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT TUE AUG 06 2002

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEARING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH..
 
SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 76.2 WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES...450 KM...SOUTHEAST OF
CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH
... 7 KM/HR. A GENERAL EASTWARD MOTION AWAY FROM THE UNITED STATES 
EAST COAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL CHECK TO SEE IF THE DEPRESSION 
HAS REACHED TROPICAL STORM STATUS LATER TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...30.3 N... 76.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
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