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Tropical Depression TWO (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE JUN 10 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC...

SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THE TROPICAL WAVE IN THE TROPICAL
ATLANTIC HAS BECOME TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO. THIS IS THE THIRD
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TO FORM IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC EAST OF THE
LESSER ANTILLES IN JUNE SINCE 1967. 

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z ...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF THE TROPICAL
DEPRESSION WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 41.6
WEST OR ABOUT 1235 MILES...1990 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE WINDWARD
ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION HAS THE CHANCE TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM
DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION... 9.6 N... 41.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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