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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT SEP 16 2000
 
...POORLY ORGANIZED TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE MOVING WESTWARD...

AT 5 AM AST...THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF ANTIGUA HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR ANTIGUA...ANGUILLA...BARBUDA...
MONTSERRAT...NEVIS...AND ST. KITTS.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR ST. MAARTEN...SABA...AND ST. EUSTATIUS.  TROPICAL
STORM WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS
LATER TODAY.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  55.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 395 MILES...635 KM...EAST OF GUADELOUPE IN THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND THIS 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 FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER
TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...16.0 N... 55.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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