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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT THU SEP 17 1998
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION DRIFTING OVER WEST-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS 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 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  92.2 WEST OR ABOUT
265 MILES...425 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA.
 
THE HURRICANE HUNTERS FOUND THE DEPRESSION DRIFTING TOWARD THE
SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING.   THE DEPRESSION IS INTERACTING WITH A
BROADER CIRCULATION IN WHICH IT IS EMBEDDED...AND A SLOW BUT
SOMEWHAT ERRATIC MOTION IS EXPECTED 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 10 PM CDT POSITION...26.4 N... 92.2 W.  MOVEMENT
...DRIFTING SOUTHWEST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM
CDT...FRIDAY.
 
RAPPAPORT
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
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