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Tropical Depression TEN (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST THU AUG 28 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN MOVING QUICKLY WESTWARD OVER THE 
FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  35.1 WEST OR ABOUT
695 MILES...1120 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 21 MPH ...33 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A
GRADUAL 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.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...14.7 N... 35.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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