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Tropical Depression SIX (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   8A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 PM AST MON JUL 21 2003
 
...WEAK DEPRESSION APPROACHING CENTRAL LESSER ANTILLES...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
 
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR DOMINICA AND THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH
FOR ST. LUCIA ARE DISCONTINUED.  
 
AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION SIX WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE
60.O WEST OR ABOUT 70 MILES...115 KM...SOUTHEAST OF MARTINIQUE.  

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...
AND A WEST TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
INDICATES THAT THE DEPRESSION DOES NOT HAVE A WELL-DEFINED
LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION.  THE DEPRESSION WILL LIKELY BE DOWNGRADED TO
AN OPEN TROPICAL WAVE AT 5 PM AST.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1014 MB...29.95 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION
WITH THIS SYSTEM.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...14.0 N... 60.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1014 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 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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