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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 1998

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION DRIFTING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST...

THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM SARGENT TO
MATAGORDA TEXAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE
GULF OF MEXICO COAST FROM MATAGORDA TEXAS TO GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA.
 
SMALL CRAFT FROM MATAGORDA TO PORT ARANSAS TEXAS AND FROM GRAND ISLE
TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  92.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 325 MILES...525 KM...SOUTH 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.  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.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH
... 7 KM/HR.
 
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 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...25.4 N... 92.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM CDT.
 
JARVINEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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