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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 3A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST THU AUG 20 1998

...LARGE TROPICAL DEPRESSION BRINGING SQUALLS TO THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS... 
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS OF ANTIGUA..BARBUDA...ANGUILLA...ST. MAARTEN...SABA...AND
ST. EUSTATIUS.
 
AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF THE BROAD CIRCULATION OF
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.5 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 55.5 WEST OR ABOUT 400 MILES...650 KM...EAST OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH
...32 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS IN SQUALLS.  THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL
STORM TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
OUTER RAINBANDS OF THE DEPRESSION ARE SPREADING OVER PORTIONS OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS THIS MORNING...ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS
AND GUSTY WINDS.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...17.5 N...55.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 
35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
PASCH

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