ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 PM AST WED AUG 19 1998 ...SECOND TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE SEASON FORMS TO THE EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS... SATELLITE PICTURES AND SHIP REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE STRONG TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC HAS DEVELOPED INTO A DEPRESSION. INTERESTS IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH OR WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR A PORTION OF THESE ISLAND LATER TONIGHT OR ON THURSDAY. AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 51.0 WEST OR ABOUT 675 MILES...1085 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 INTO THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. OUTER RAINBANDS OF THE DEPRESSION ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER PORTIONS OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS BY EARLY THURSDAY. REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...16.0 N... 51.0 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 PM AST. PASCH STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC. NNNN