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TROPICAL DEPRESSION LILI ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 2002

...LILI STILL POORLY ORGANIZED...BUT FORECAST TO BECOME STRONGER... 
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR JAMAICA.
 
ALL INTERESTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF HAITI...AND THE SOUTHEAST
COAST OF CUBA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF LILI.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION LILI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE
75.1 WEST OR ABOUT 160 MILES...255 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON
JAMAICA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH
...17 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE 
NEXT 12 HOURS WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  AN AIR FORCE PLANE WILL BE IN THE AREA IN A FEW HOURS TO 
CHECK IF LILI HAS REGAINED TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY TO NEAR 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE...MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN HAITI TODAY.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...16.1 N... 75.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 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 EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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