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TROPICAL STORM LILI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  17A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST WED SEP 25 2002

...LILI MOVING SLOWER AND GETTING A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED 
OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS 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.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR JAMAICA LATER 
TODAY.
  
AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM 
LILI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  69.3 WEST OR 
ABOUT 300 MILES...485 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO.
 
LILI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...16 KM/HR... 
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 
HOURS. AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATED THE STORM 
THIS AFTERNOON AND FOUND THAT WHILE THE LOW-LEVEL CENTER WAS STILL 
BROAD...IT HAD BECOME A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED FARTHER TO THE EAST 
NEAR THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...14.2 N... 69.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 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 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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