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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT MON AUG 05 2002

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE MOVING SOUTHWARD...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.2 WEST OR 
ABOUT 185 MILES...295 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH 
CAROLINA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH NEAR  6 MPH...9 KM/HR... 
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A GRADUAL TURN 
TO THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY.
 
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 ON TUESDAY.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...31.3 N... 77.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 5 AM EDT...TUESDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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