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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT THU AUG 29 2002
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC AWAY FROM 
ANY LAND AREAS...  
 
SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER
ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC HAS BECOME
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR.  AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE
NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.6
NORTH...  LONGITUDE 32.2 WEST OR ABOUT 635 MILES...1020 KM...
SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH
...26 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...  55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION... 9.6 N... 32.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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