ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2 AM AST MON JUL 21 2003 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX HEADING RAPIDLY TOWARD THE CENTRAL LESSER ANTILLES... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR DOMINICA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ST. LUCIA. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING FOR MARTINIQUE AND GUADELOUPE AND ADJACENT FRENCH ISLANDS...AND FOR ANTIGUA AND MONTSERRAT AND ST KITTS AND NEVIS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE LESSER ANTILLES...VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND PUERTO RICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.7 WEST OR ABOUT 260 MILES...415 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BARBADOS. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 350 MILES...560 KM...EAST OF MARTINIQUE. 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 TROPICAL CYCLONE THROUGH THE LESSER ANTILLES BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING TODAY. 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. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES. LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ACCOMPANIED BY ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...MAY OCCUR IN THE LESSER ANTILLES NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE. STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM. REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...13.8 N... 55.7 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 5 AM AST. FORECASTER STEWART NNNN
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