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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT THU OCT 22 1998

...DEPRESSION MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD...
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 380 MILES...610 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  8 MPH ...13
KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND NORTHWEST
IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND THE DEPRESSION WILL LIKELY
BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
ALL INTERESTS IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS
OF THIS TROPICAL DEPRESSION...AS WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED
FOR A PORTION OF THE AREA LATER TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...12.7 N... 78.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.
 
PASCH
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
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