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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST MON SEP 23 2002

...DEPRESSION NEARING THE WINDWARD ISLANDS...
 
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 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 58.4 WEST OR ABOUT 90
MILES...140 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.

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 LATER TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...  55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE SYSTEM COULD DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL STORM AT ANY TIME.
A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL INVESTIGATE THE DEPRESSION LATER THIS 
MORNING. 

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
SHOWERS AND SQUALLS WITH GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL BEGIN 
AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES LATER TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...12.7 N...  58.4 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 8 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN/BROWN
  
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