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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 3A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT THU SEP 12 2002

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED... 
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THE SUWANEE RIVER FLORIDA 
WESTWARD TO JUST EAST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI.  A TROPICAL STORM 
WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY.
 
AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION NINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 
87.5 WEST OR ABOUT 215 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.

THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN DRIFTING WESTWARD DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS 
BUT A SLOW NORTHWARD MOTION SHOULD BEGIN SOON.
 
DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATE THAT THE DEPRESSION HAS 
NOT INTENSIFIED AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 35 MPH WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  HOWEVER...THE DEPRESSION STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL OF 
BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR FRIDAY.

LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS  
1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.

HEAVY RAINS ARE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
...WELL TO THE EAST OF THE DEPRESSION CENTER.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER...ARE LIKELY.

REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...27.3 N... 86.5 W.  MOVEMENT
...DRIFTING WESTWARD.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 PM CDT.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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