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Tropical Depression ONE (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT SUN AUG 01 2004

...DEPRESSION REMAINS DISORGANIZED...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EDISTO BEACH SOUTH
CAROLINA TO CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE PAMLICO
SOUND.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION ONE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 
79.1 WEST OR ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH AND A
TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.  ON
THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL BE NEAR THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES LATER TODAY.

SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE DEPRESSION REMAINS POORLY
ORGANIZED.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS IN A FEW SQUALLS TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CENTER.  NO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS
SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE THE DEPRESSION LATER THIS MORNING.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...32.1 N... 79.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 30 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 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 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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