[NCEP Logo] HOME ARCHIVES FORECASTS IMAGERY ABOUT TPC RECONNAISSANCE

ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT OCT 06 2001

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEARING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR BARBADOS.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
TWELVE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.0 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  52.4 WEST OR ABOUT 500 MILES...815 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF 
BARBADOS IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH ...24
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
INTERESTS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS 
SYSTEM.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...11.0 N... 52.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
AST.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
NNNN


Problems?