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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED JUL 11 2001

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO FORMS IN THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC...
NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LAND...

SATELLITE IMAGERY AND REPORTS FROM AN U. S. NAVY DRIFTING BUOY
INDICATE THAT THE TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC
HAS DEVELOPED INTO TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO.  AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...
THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.5
NORTH...LONGITUDE 43.9 WEST OR ABOUT 1200 MILES...1935 KM...EAST
OF THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH
...24 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND THE DEPRESSION MAY BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON THURSDAY.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...11.5 N... 43.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 30 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 5 AM AST...THURSDAY.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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