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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT SUN SEP 22 2002
 
...DEPRESSION CONTINUES MOVING WEST...CLOSE TO TROPICAL STORM
   STRENGTH...

AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.8 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 48.6 WEST OR ABOUT
750 MILES...1220 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH ...30
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 THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND THE 
DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...10.8 N... 48.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN/BROWN
 
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