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

...LILI GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED... 
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.
 
ALL INTERESTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF HAITI...AND THE SOUTHEAST
COAST OF CUBA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF LILI.
 
AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION LILI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE
75.3 WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES...255 KM...SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON
JAMAICA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH
...14 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.  MORNING SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE LILI IS GETTING BETTER
ORGANIZED AND IT COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.  AN
AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY
INVESTIGATING THE SYSTEM.
 
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 8 AM EDT POSITION...16.2 N... 75.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 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.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.

FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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