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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN SEP 22 2002

...DEPRESSION MOVING RAPIDLY WESTWARD TOWARD THE LESSER ANTILLES...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS OF THE CARIBBEAN
ISLANDS HAVE ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
FROM GUADELOUPE SOUTHWARD TO THE GRENADINES INCLUDING BARBADOS.  A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
THIRTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  54.0 WEST 
OR ABOUT 395 MILES...635 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH
...37 KM/HR...AND THIS  GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR 
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK THE TROPICAL CYLONE WILL BE MOVING 
OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES ON MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.  HOWEVER BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE DEPRESSION 
MIGHT STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY BEFORE REACHING THE LESSER ANTILLES...A 
TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS BEING ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THESE ISLANDS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

HEAVY SHOWERS AND SQUALLS SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE 
LESSER ANTILLES EARLY MONDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...12.1 N... 54.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 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 AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA/PASCH
 
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