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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST SUN SEP 22 2002

...DEPRESSION CONTINUES MOVING RAPIDLY WESTWARD TOWARD THE LESSER 
ANTILLES...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS 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 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.0 WEST OR ABOUT 350
MILES...565 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH ...37
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL 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 BEING ISSUED 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 8 PM AST POSITION...12.1 N...  55.0 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.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.

FORECASTER PASCH/KNABB
 
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