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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SUN SEP 12 1999

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE MOVING WESTWARD ACROSS THE TROPICAL
EASTERN ATLANTIC...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION NINE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 
30.1 WEST OR ABOUT 385 MILES...620 KM...WEST SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH ...28 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
  
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY
AND REACH HURRICANE STATUS BY EARLY TUESDAY.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...13.3 N... 30.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 AM AST.
 
GUINEY
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.

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