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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST FRI OCT 20 2000
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHTEEN CLOSE TO TROPICAL STORM
STRENGTH...STILL NO THREAT TO LAND...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  57.6 WEST OR ABOUT 455
MILES...735 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH
...20 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SATELLITE IMAGERY AND SHIP REPORTS INDICATE THE DEPRESSION
IS NEAR TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...AND IT COULD BECOME A TROPICAL
STORM LATER TODAY.  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 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...29.8 N... 57.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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