ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 AM AST MON JUL 21 2003 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX NEARING THE CENTRAL LESSER ANTILLES... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DOMINICA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. LUCIA. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATER TODAY FOR MARTINIQUE AND GUADELOUPE AND ADJACENT FRENCH ISLANDS...AND FOR ANTIGUA...MONTSERRAT...ST KITTS AND NEVIS...AND FOR SABA AND ST EUSTATIUS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE LESSER ANTILLES AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 57.5 WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES...240 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BARBADOS. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 230 MILES...370 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 SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE THROUGH THE LESSER ANTILLES BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. 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 BEFORE IT REACHES THE LESSER ANTILLES. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WILL INVESTIGATE THE CYCLONE THIS AFTERNOON. 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 8 AM AST POSITION...14.0 N... 57.5 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 AM AST. FORECASTER LAWRENCE NNNN
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