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TROPICAL STORM LILI ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE SEP 24 2002

...LILI WEAKENING OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTS OF
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI FROM PUNTA PALENQUE WESTWARD
TO TIBURON ON THE WESTERN TIP OF THE TIBURON PENINSULA OF HAITI.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
LILI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.5 WEST OR 
ABOUT 370 MILES...595 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO.
 
LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND A 
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 
24 HOURS. 
 
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATED THE AREA THIS 
EVENING AND FOUND A VERY BROAD CIRCULATION.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  40 MPH...65 
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST 
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES
...205 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...13.7 N... 67.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 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...WEDNESDAY.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN/MOLLEDA
 
 
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