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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2000
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN NEARLY STATIONARY...RAINFALL THREAT
CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL AMERICA...

INTERESTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS
OF THIS DEPRESSION.

AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  83.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 85 MILES...135 KM...NORTH OF CAPE GRACIAS A DIOS ON THE
NORTHEASTERN TIP OF HONDURAS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS CURRENTLY NEARLY STATIONARY.  A DRIFT TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST OR NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
DUE TO THE SLOW MOTION...TORRENTIAL RAINS COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AMERICA PRIMARILY OVER NORTHEASTERN HONDURAS.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...16.2 N... 83.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 30 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM EDT...FRIDAY.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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