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

...DEPRESSION NEARING THE WINDWARD ISLANDS...COULD BECOME A TROPICAL
STORM LATER TODAY...
 
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 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 58.7 WEST OR ABOUT 60
MILES...95 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BARBADOS.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH ...32
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 WINDWARD ISLANDS 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 AFFECT 
MUCH OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS LATER 
TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...12.7 N...  58.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 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 AM AST. 
 
FORECASTER STEWART
  
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