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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT SAT SEP 21 2002
 
...A DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC...

SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER 
ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE HAS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AND IS 
NOW A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
THIRTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.4 NORTH... 
LONGITUDE 45.7 WEST OR ABOUT 955 MILES...1450 KM...EAST OF THE 
LESSER ANTILLES.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH
...28 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM 
IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...10.4 N... 45.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.

FORECASTER AVILA/BLAKE
 
 
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