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Tropical Depression SIX



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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN JUL 20 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CONTINUES MOVING WESTWARD
   WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR ST LUCIA
AND DOMINICA.  TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY BY LATE
MONDAY FOR MARTINIQUE AND GUADELOUPE AND ADJACENT FRENCH
ISLANDS...AND FOR ANTIGUA AND MONTSERRAT AND ST KITTS AND NEVIS.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  52.6 WEST OR ABOUT
460 MILES...745 KM...EAST OF BARBADOS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST TONIGHT OR MONDAY.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...13.3 N... 52.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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