HOME	ARCHIVES	FORECASTS	IMAGERY	ABOUT TPC	RECONNAISSANCE

ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT SAT SEP 21 2002

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN NEARING STORM STATUS...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.3 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 46.7 WEST OR
ABOUT 890 MILES...1430 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH ...28
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING AND THE DEPRESSION COULD 
BECOME A TROPICAL STORM WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...10.3 N... 46.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM EDT...SUNDAY.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
NNNN