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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT MON AUG 14 2000
CORRECTION...REMOVE THE WORD "WILL"  FROM LINE 15.

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...

AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF THE TROPICAL
DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.0
WEST OR ABOUT 290 MILES...465 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS.
 
THE MOTION OF THE DEPRESSION IS UNCERTAIN...PERHAPS STATIONARY.  THE
FORECAST IS FOR THE DEPRESSION TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  6
MPH... 9 KM/HR...FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
WILL INVESTIGATE LATER THIS MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AND IN NORTHEASTERN MEXICO
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DEPRESSION.  WATCHES OR WARNINGS
MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...23.2 N... 94.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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