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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SUN SEP 22 2002
 
...DEPRESSION BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
FROM GUADELOUPE SOUTHWARD TO THE GRENADINES INCLUDING BARBADOS.  A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
THIRTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.2 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  56.0 WEST OR ABOUT 310 MILES...500 KM...EAST OF THE 
LESSER ANTILLES.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH ...37
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL BE MOVING OVER THE
LESSER ANTILLES ON MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...  55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  HOWEVER BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE DEPRESSION MIGHT
STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY BEFORE REACHING THE LESSER ANTILLES...A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF THESE ISLANDS.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLS SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE
LESSER ANTILLES EARLY MONDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...12.2 N... 56.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 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 2 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM AST...MONDAY.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN/KNABB
 
 
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