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Tropical Depression SIX (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SUN JUL 20 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX MOVING FASTER TOWARD THE 
LESSER ANTILLES...
 
ALL INTERESTS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES AND PUERTO RICO SHOULD CLOSELY
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  48.3 WEST OR ABOUT
855 MILES...1375 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE TODAY WITH A SLIGHT
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED BY TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. AN AIR
FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE IS SCHEDULED TO REACH THE
TROPICAL CYCLONE ON MONDAY.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...12.9 N... 48.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 22 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 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 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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