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Tropical Depression KAREN (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION KAREN ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL122007
500 PM AST SAT SEP 29 2007
 
..KAREN DEGENERATES INTO A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A FEW
SQUALLS...

AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF WEAKENING TROPICAL DEPRESSION
KAREN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 54.3 WEST OR
ABOUT 495 MILES...795 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR.
THIS MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL DISSIPATION LATER TONIGHT.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS RAPIDLY BECOMING A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BUT
STILL HAS WINDS NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN A FEW
SQUALLS WELL REMOVED AND EAST OF THE CENTER. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING
IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT KAREN WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SIGNS
OF REDEVELOPMENT.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM AST POSITION...17.3 N...54.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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