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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT AUG 19 2000

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN FORMS IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC...
 
THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE THAT HAS
BEEN TRACKED FOR A FEW DAYS ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS NOW
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN.  AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF THE
NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.4
NORTH...LONGITUDE  45.5 WEST OR ABOUT 950 MILES...1525 KM...EAST OF
THE WINDWARD ISALANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR.
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON
SUNDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
INTERESTS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES SHOULD MONITOR THE PORGRESS OF THIS
SYSTEM.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...12.4 N... 45.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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