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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT SUN SEP 01 2002

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE DEVELOPS JUST EAST OF THE NORTHEAST 
FLORIDA COAST...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND GEORGIA COASTS FROM NORTH OF TITUSVILLE
FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  79.2 WEST OR ABOUT 
115 MILES...EAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH
AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT 
OR ON MONDAY. HOWEVER...STEERING CURRENTS ARE WEAK AND SOME ERRATIC 
MOTION IS POSSIBLE.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  
SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND 
THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BY MONDAY.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1013 MB...29.91 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...29.0 N... 79.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1013 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 EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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