ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 4 AM CDT WED SEP 09 1998 ...DEPRESSION REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF TEXAS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO BROWNSVILLE. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT FROM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS ESTIMATED TO BE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.7 WEST OR ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 175 EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. THERE REMAINS LITTLE MOVEMENT EVIDENT FROM SATELLITE PICTURES... SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...OR RADAR DATA. A GENERAL MOTION TOWARD THE WEST OR WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. THIS FORECAST TRACK WOULD MOVE THE DEPRESSION TOWARD THE TEXAS COAST. HOWEVER...STEERING CURRENTS REMAIN WEAK AND THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THE FUTURE TRACK OF THIS POORLY ORGANIZED SYSTEM. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TODAY. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES. NOAA WEATHER BUOY 42002 IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO REPORTED 1000.4 MB AT 3 AM CDT...0800Z. REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...25.6 N... 94.7 W. MOVEMENT... NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 999 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM CDT. RAPPAPORT STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT71 KNHC. NNNN