ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 7 AM CDT SAT SEP 19 1998 ...DEPRESSION REFORMS TO THE NORTH... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST FROM HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI. THIS WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED EASTWARD LATER THIS MORNING. AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.4 WEST OR ABOUT 190 MILES...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATES THAT THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION HAS REFORMED TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ITS EARLIER LOCATION AND A NORTHWARD TO NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD DRIFT IS EXPECTED TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TODAY. THE HURRICANE HUNTERS REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...27.4 N... 91.4 W. MOVEMENT DRIFTING NORTH TO NORTH-NORTHEAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 AM CDT. PASCH NNNN