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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST THU AUG 17 2000

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF THE TROPICAL
DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  54.0
WEST OR ABOUT 480 MILES...770 KM...EAST OF GUADELOUPE IN THE LESSER
ANTILLES.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH
...13 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 12 HOURS BUT THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM
DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.
 
ALL INTERESTS...PRIMARILY IN THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...
NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE DEPRESSION. 
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...15.4 N... 54.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB. 
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...FRIDAY.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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