ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 7 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 1998 ..TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING LITTLE....REMAINS DISORGANIZED... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST FROM MATAGORDA TEXAS TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI. THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH WEST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS MAY BE LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW. SMALL CRAFT FROM MATAGORDA TO PORT ARANSAS TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 92.1 WEST OR ABOUT 305 MILES...490 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA. THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY AND LITTLE MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...25.8 N... 92.1 W. MOVEMENT... NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 PM CDT. GROSS NNNN