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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 3A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST SAT SEP 16 2000
 
...POORLY ORGANIZED TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE MOVING WESTWARD...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...ANGUILLA...
BARBUDA...MONTSERRAT...NEVIS...ST. KITTS...ST. MAARTEN...SABA...AND
ST. EUSTATIUS.  TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS
OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS LATER TODAY.
 
AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  56.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 310 MILES...500 KM...EAST OF GUADELOUPE IN THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH
...24 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.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER
TODAY.  AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE WILL BE NEAR THE CENTER
OF THE DEPRESSION SHORTLY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...16.4 N... 56.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 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
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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