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

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING LITTLE...REMAINS DISORGANIZED...
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS EXTENDED EASTWARD
TO PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST
FROM MATAGORDA TEXAS TO PASCAGOULA.  THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH WEST
OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY.
 
SMALL CRAFT FROM MATAGORDA TO PORT ARANSAS TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  92.4 WEST OR ABOUT 285
MILES...460 KM...SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA.
 
THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN MOVING LITTLE BUT IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT
NORTHWARD TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS  999
MB...29.50 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...26.1 N... 92.4 W.  MOVEMENT...
LITTLE.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE... 999 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM
CDT.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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