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Tropical Depression JOSEPHINE (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION JOSEPHINE ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL102008
1100 PM AST FRI SEP 05 2008
 
...JOSEPHINE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...

AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION JOSEPHINE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 35.8 WEST OR ABOUT
785 MILES...1260 KM...WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...16.3 N...35.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BERG/AVILA
 
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