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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT THU SEP 12 2002

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MEANDERING WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE SUWANEE RIVER
FLORIDA WESTWARD TO JUST EAST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI.  A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT OR FRIDAY.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
NINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  87.8 WEST OR 
ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN MEADERING DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT IT 
SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE NORTHWARD ON FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 35 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THE
DEPRESSION STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM
TONIGHT OR FRIDAY.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 
1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.

HEAVY RAINS ARE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
...WELL TO THE EAST OF THE DEPRESSION CENTER.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE LIKELY.
 
REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...26.8 N... 87.8 W.  MOVEMENT
...STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM
CDT.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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