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

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION GETTING A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED OVER
THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE SUWANEE RIVER
FLORIDA WESTWARD TO JUST EAST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI. A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED ON FRIDAY.
 
AT 8 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  87.9 WEST OR 
ABOUT 270 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...BUT 
A SLOW TURN TO THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATER 
TONIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  SOME ERRATIC OR LOOPING MOTION IS 
ALSO POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO...BUT A GENERAL 
NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO RESUME ON FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 35 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  
SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A 
TROPICAL STORM LATE TONIGHT OR ON FRIDAY.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 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...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE LIKELY.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM CDT POSITION...26.6 N... 87.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH.  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.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 10 PM CDT. 

FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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