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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT MON AUG 05 2002

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE FORMS SOUTHEAST OF THE CAROLINAS...
NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LAND...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  76.9 WEST OR
ABOUT 155 MILES...250 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON NORTH
CAROLINA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR  6 MPH
... 9 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT 24 HR.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TONIGHT
OR TUESDAY.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...31.9 N... 76.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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