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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT WED OCT 16 2002

...DEPRESSION MERGING WITH A COLD FRONT AND QUICKLY LOSING
TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENTS OF CUBA AND THE BAHAMAS HAVE
DISCONTINUED ALL WARNINGS FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE ELONGATED AND POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL CUBA NEAR 
LATITUDE 22.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  80.3 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES...
35 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF CIENFUEGOS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
TONIGHT AND THEN ACCOMPANIED BY A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
ON THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH A COLD FRONT LATER 
TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

EVEN THOUGH THIS SYSTEM IS LOSING ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...IT 
IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 
TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
CENTRAL AND EASTERN CUBA AND THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...22.4 N... 80.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 30 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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