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Tropical Depression ONE (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   3A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 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 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION ONE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE
79.2 WEST OR ABOUT 45 MILES EAST-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
SOUTH CAROLINA COASTLINE 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 MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER.  NO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS
ENROUTE TO INVESTIGATE THE DEPRESSION.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...32.5 N... 79.2 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.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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