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Tropical Depression FIFTEEN (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT THU SEP 25 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF NEWLY-FORMED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  61.0 WEST OR ABOUT 295 MILES...470 KM...SOUTHEAST OF
BERMUDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR. 
A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
ON THIS TRACK...THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL PASS WELL EAST OF BERMUDA
DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...29.5 N... 61.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA

 
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