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Tropical Depression FOUR (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL042006
1100 AM AST TUE AUG 22 2006
 
...DEPRESSION BEGINS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS...

AT 11 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS.
 
AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 26.1 WEST OR ABOUT 140
MILES...225 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SUSTAINED WINDS TO 35 MPH WERE REPORTED EARLIER THIS MORNING
ON THE ISLAND OF FOGO IN THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.  THE DEPRESSION IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE SOUTHERN CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.

REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...13.6 N...26.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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