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Tropical Depression FOURTEEN (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE SEP 09 2003

...DISORGANIZED DEPRESSION PASSING JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE
LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION FOURTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 25.4 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES...145 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE
SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH
...20 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION WOULD TAKE THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION WEST
OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...14.1 N... 25.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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