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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SUN AUG 20 2000

...DEPRESSION NEAR TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...
 
INTEREST IN THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS
OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TROPICAL CYCLONE.  A HURRICANE WATCH
WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR A PORTION OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS LATER
TODAY.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  47.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 930 MILES...1500 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH
...26 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STRENGTHENING DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION IS LIKELY TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM
TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...13.5 N... 47.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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