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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN SEP 15 2002

...DEPRESSION DEGENERATES INTO TROPICAL WAVE...

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE PLANE...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...AND 
SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE DEPRESSION NO LONGER HAS A CLOSED 
CIRCULATION AND IS NOW A TROPICAL WAVE.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE TROPICAL WAVE AXIS EXTENDED NORTH-SOUTH 
OVER THE CARIBBEAN ALONG APPROXIMATELY 70 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE.

THE WAVE IS MOVING WESTWARD NEAR 25 MPH ...41 KM/HR.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS IN SQUALLS.

EVEN THOUGH THIS SYSTEM IS NOW A TROPICAL WAVE...CONDITIONS MAY 
BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS 
AND THE WAVE WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF REGENERATION.  
ANOTHER AIR FORCE PLANE IS SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM 
TOMORROW.

THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM...UNLESS REGENERATION 
OCCURS.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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