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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST THU OCT 19 2000

...DEPRESSION NO THREAT TO LAND...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  58.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 440 MILES...710 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH
...20 KM/HR.  SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND A TURN TO THE
NORTHEAST IS LIKELY TOMORROW.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TOMORROW. 
SHOULD THIS SYSTEM BECOME A HURRICANE...THE THREE YEAR PERIOD 1998-
2000 WOULD HAVE HAD THE MOST HURRICANES...27...OF ANY CONSECUTIVE
THREE YEAR PERIOD ON RECORD.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...29.0 N... 58.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST...FRIDAY.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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