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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST THU SEP 21 2000

...DEPRESSION IN THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC REMAINS POORLY
ORGANIZED...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  25.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 195 MILES...315 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH
...30 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 EXPECTED AND THE DEPRESSION COULD
BECOME A TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...12.1 N... 25.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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