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TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   7A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL032010
200 AM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010
 
...BONNIE REMAINS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 200 AM EDT...0600 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...26.7N 84.4W
ABOUT 330 MI...535 KM ESE OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ABOUT 125 MI...200 KM WSW OF SARASOTA FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1013 MB...29.91 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
NONE.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* DESTIN FLORIDA TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA...INCLUDING LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED STATES...
INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 200 AM EDT...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.4 WEST. THE
DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...
28 KM/HR.  THIS GENERAL TRACK WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...BONNIE IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO TODAY AND REACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST SATURDAY NIGHT OR
EARLY SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY...AND BONNIE
COULD REGAIN TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH BEFORE REACHING THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 1013 MB...29.91 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAINLY IN SQUALLS WILL LIKELY
BEGIN ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST WITHIN THE WARNING
AREA LATE TODAY.
 
RAINFALL...BONNIE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN ALABAMA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND THE FAR
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
OF 5 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE...STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS 2 TO
4 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST NEAR AND TO THE
RIGHT OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/CANGIALOSI
 
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