Tropical Depression TWO

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED AUG 04 2004
 
...DEPRESSION DEGENERATES TO A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE EASTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA...

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT THIS MORNING...AND
SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON...INDICATE THAT TROPICAL
DEPRESSION TWO HAS LOST ITS SURFACE CIRCULATION AND HAS DEGENERATED
INTO A TROPICAL WAVE.

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WERE
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.5 WEST OR ABOUT 380
MILES...610 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.
 
THE REMNANTS OF THE DEPRESSION ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23
MPH ...37 KM/HR.  A WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
24 HOURS.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE ARE NEAR 35 MPH...
55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THIS SYSTEM STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO BRING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS TO HISPANIOLA OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
IS SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM TOMORROW MORNING FOR SIGNS
OF REGENERATION.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...13.5 N... 63.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS.

 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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