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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SUN SEP 20 1998

...A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC...
 
THE STRONG TROPICAL WAVE WHICH MOVED OFF THE AFRICAN COAST A FEW
DAYS AGO HAS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AND IS NOW TROPICAL DEPRESION
NINE. 

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL
DEPRESSION WAS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 15.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 
32.8 WEST OR ABOUT 545 MILES...880 KM...WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE DEPRESION IS GRADUALLY
BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED AND COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER
TODAY..
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...15.0 N... 32.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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