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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 AM CDT FRI SEP 13 2002

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE NEARLY STATIONARY...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE SUWANEE RIVER
FLORIDA WESTWARD TO JUST EAST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI.  A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED TODAY FOR A PORTION OF
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH AREA...AND MAY BE EXTENDED FARTHER WEST 
ALONG THE GULF COAST.
 
AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  88.0 WEST OR ABOUT
265 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT A NORTHWARD MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS MORNING.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...  55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED AND THE DEPRESSION COULD
BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TODAY.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 
1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND MAY EXTEND AS FAR WEST AS THE SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA COAST BY LATE FRIDAY.

REPEATING THE 1 AM CDT POSITION...26.7 N... 88.0 W.  MOVEMENT
...STATIONARY.  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 AM CDT...FRIDAY.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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