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TROPICAL DEPRESSION GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT MON SEP 18 2000
 
...GORDON BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL...

AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  82.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 40 MILES...65 KM...NORTHWEST OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH
...20 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALTHOUGH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT GORDON IS MERGING
WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM AND LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
ADDITION RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
TOTALS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF GORDON.
 
THERE IS ALSO THE RISK OF A FEW TORNADOES OVER COASTAL NORTHEASTERN
SOUTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...31.5 N... 82.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.  FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN STORM
SUMMARIES ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER UNDER
AFOS/AWIPS HEADER NFDSCCNS1 AND WMO HEADER ACUS42 KWBC.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY.
 
 
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