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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   6A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM AST MON SEP 23 2002
 
...DEPRESSION BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 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 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
THIRTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.4 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  57.4 WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES...240 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST 
OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH ...37
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL BE MOVING OVER THE
LESSER ANTILLES LATER TODAY.

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 IN EFFECT 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 TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...12.4 N... 57.5 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.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN/BROWN
 
 
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