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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SAT SEP 11 1999

...NINTH TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...
 
SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS MORNING INDICATES THAT THE STRONG TROPICAL
WAVE SOUTH OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS HAS DEVELOPED INTO TROPICAL
DEPRESSION NINE.

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  24.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 175 MILES...285 KM...SOUTH OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS LIKELY TO REACH TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH
WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.  
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...12.3 N... 24.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 18 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.
 
FRANKLIN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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