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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY INTERMEDIATE NUMBER 6A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM AST MON AUG 21 2000
 
...DEBBY THREATENS THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SABA...ST EUSTATIUS AND ST
MAARTEN AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS NORTH OF DOMINICA...
AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.
 
AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.9 WEST OR ABOUT 490
MILES...785 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM
TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...15.6 N... 53.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
  
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