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Tropical Depression ERNESTO (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  25A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL052006
800 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...CENTER OF ERNESTO ABOUT TO EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC...HEAVY RAINS
CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA PENINSULA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SEBASTIAN INLET
FLORIDA TO CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 PM EDT...0000Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
ERNESTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST
OR JUST NORTHWEST OF MELBOURNE FLORIDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 15 MPH. A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.  THIS MOTION
WILL BRING THE CENTER OF ERNESTO OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS NEAR CAPE
CANAVERAL DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ERNESTO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REGAIN TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH
TONIGHT OR THURSDAY OVER THE ATLANTIC.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MELBOURNE RECENTLY
REPORTED A PRESSURE OF 1001 MB...29.56 IN.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
COAST OF FLORIDA THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TRACK OF
ERNESTO OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 10
INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM
COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION
WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM EDT POSITION...28.2 N...80.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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