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TROPICAL STORM LILI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  18A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST WED SEP 25 2002

...POORLY-ORGANIZED LILI MOVING WEST-NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN SEA...
 
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...AND FOR ALL OF JAMAICA.
 
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN HAITI MAY BE UPGRADED TO A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING LATER TONIGHT.

AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE BROAD AND POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF
TROPICAL STORM LILI WAS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 14.0
NORTH...LONGITUDE 70.0 WEST OR ABOUT 300 MILES...485 KM...SOUTH OF
SANTO DOMINGO.

LILI HAS MOVED WESTWARD NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR...OVER THE PAST FEW 
HOURS BUT A GENERALLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO 
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.  AN AIR FORCE PLANE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING LILI.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...14.0 N... 70.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  7 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
11 PM AST.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
 
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