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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT SUN SEP 01 2002
 
...DEPRESSION POORLY ORGANIZED...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
GEORGIA COASTS FROM NORTH OF TITUSVILLE FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO
BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE AND SATELLITE 
IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE DEPRESSION IS NO WELL ORGANIZED AND HAS NOT 
YET STRENGTHENED.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION FIVE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.7 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  79.2 WEST OR ABOUT 125 MILES EAST OF ST AUGUSTINE 
FLORIDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH AND A 
GENERALLY NORTHWESTWARD DRIFT IS EXPECTED 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 AND 
THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON MONDAY.
 
THE AIR FORCE PLANE REPORTED THAT THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 
1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...29.7 N... 79.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 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 2 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM EDT...MONDAY.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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