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Tropical Depression SIXTEEN (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST THU SEP 25 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF NEWLY-FORMED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIXTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.7 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 38.3 WEST OR ABOUT 1450 MILES...2330 KM...EAST OF THE
LESSER ANTILLES.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH
...22 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM IN THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...11.7 N... 38.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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