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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT WED SEP 20 2000

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION DID NOT STRENGTHEN AS ANTICIPATED... 
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PROVINCES OF THE ISLE
OF YOUTH...HAVANA...THE CITY OF HAVANA...AND PINAR DEL RIO.  THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF THE TROPICAL
DEPRESSION WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  83.3
WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES...170 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE SAN
ANTONIO ON THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH
...26 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...CONFINED TO A
FEW SQUALLS.  THE DEPRESSION IS NOT STRENGTHENING AT THIS TIME AND A
NOAA RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL CHECK IS A CLOSED CIRCULATION STILL
EXISTS LATER THIS MORNING.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...21.2 N... 83.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 30 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 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 EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
EDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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