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Tropical Depression FOURTEEN (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE SEP 09 2003

...DEPRESSION WEAKENING NEAR THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS...

OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF
THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION FOURTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.1 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  25.0 WEST OR VERY NEAR THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST...WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED...IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION
WILL TAKE THE SYSTEM OVER THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS TONIGHT AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...15.1 N... 25.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 30 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN/KNABB
 
 
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