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Tropical Depression SIX (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM AST SUN JUL 20 2003
 
 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CONTINUING QUICKLY WESTWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST LUCIA AND DOMINICA. 
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY BY LATE MONDAY FOR
MARTINIQUE AND GUADELOUPE AND ADJACENT FRENCH ISLANDS...AND FOR
ANTIGUA AND MONTSERRAT AND ST KITTS AND NEVIS.
 
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.6 WEST OR ABOUT
400 MILES...645 KM...EAST OF BARBADOS.
 
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.  THIS
MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION NEAR THE LESSER
ANTILLES MONDAY AFTERNOON.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST TONIGHT OR MONDAY...AND THE
DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM DURING THAT TIME.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...13.5 N... 53.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 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 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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