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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST FRI AUG 18 2000
 
...CORRECT GENERALLY TO GENERAL IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH...

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX CONTINUING WEST-NORTHWEST...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF THE TROPICAL
DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  54.4
WEST OR ABOUT 470 MILES...760 KM...EAST OF GUADELOUPE IN THE LESSER
ANTILLES.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH
...13 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL 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 POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY OR
TONIGHT.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 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 5 AM AST POSITION...15.6 N... 54.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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