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Tropical Depression NINE (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL092006
500 AM AST THU SEP 28 2006

...DEPRESSION JUST SHORT OF BEING A TROPICAL STORM...
 
AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 54.6 WEST OR ABOUT 685
MILES...1100 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...
19 KM/HR.  THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...27.8 N...54.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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