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Tropical Depression FIVE (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED JUL 16 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED... 
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  55.1 WEST OR ABOUT
560 MILES...900 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH
...20 KM/HR.  THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST THEREAFTER. ON THIS
TRACK... THE DEPRESSION WILL BE MOVING OVER OPEN WATERS AWAY FROM
THE UNITED STATES. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT
12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1014 MB...29.94 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...32.4 N... 55.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1014 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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