ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT INTERMIDATE ADVISORY NUMBER 2A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 1998 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION DRIFTING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST FROM SARGENT TEXAS TO GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA. SMALL CRAFT FROM SARGENT TO PORT ARANSAS TEXAS AND FROM GRAND ISLE TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.3 WEST OR ABOUT 315 MILES...510 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA. THE HURRICANE HUNTERS FOUND THE DEPRESSION CONTINUING TO DRIFT TOWARD THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING. THE DEPRESSION IS EMBEDDED IN A BROADER CIRCULATION...AND IT APPEARS THAT IT IS MAKING A LOOPING MOTION. THIS SLOW BUT SOMEWHAT ERRATIC MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS...POSSIBLY FOLLOWED BY A MORE PERSISTENT NORTHWARD MOTION. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. REPEATING THE 1 AM CDT POSITION...25.6 N... 92.3 W. MOVEMENT ...DRIFTING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 AM CDT...FRIDAY. JARVINEN NNNN