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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE SEP 07 1999

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEARING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH... 

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION EIGHT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 
47.5 WEST OR ABOUT 920 MILES....1480 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STRENGTHENING AND THE
DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM EARLY WEDNESDAY
AND REACH HURRICANE STATUS IN ABOUT TWO DAYS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...15.2 N... 47.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
    
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...WEDNESDAY.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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