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Tropical Depression EIGHT (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082007
500 PM AST THU SEP 13 2007

...POORLY ORGANIZED DEPRESSION SLOWLY MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...
 
AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 48.4 WEST OR ABOUT 865
MILES...1395 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...10
KM/HR.  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.  ALTHOUGH UPPER-LEVEL CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME LESS FAVORABLE
FOR STRENGTHENING...THE DEPRESSION STILL HAS THE CHANCE TO BECOME A
TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.  A NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER PLANE IS SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM THIS EVENING.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...14.2 N...48.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER ROBERTS/BEVEN
 
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