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Tropical Depression NINE (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST FRI AUG 05 2005

...POORLY ORGANIZED TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD
ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  40.6 WEST OR ABOUT
1090 MILES...1755 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH
...32 KM/HR...AND GENERAL THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THERE IS MINIMAL
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPRESSION AT THIS
TIME...AND LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...17.6 N... 40.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 30 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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