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Tropical Depression EIGHT (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082006
1100 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2006
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING WESTWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
ORGANIZATION...

AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
EIGHT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 28.5 WEST OR
ABOUT 335 MILES...540 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH...27 KM/HR. 
THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A
GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD
BECOME A TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM EDT POSITION...12.0 N...28.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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