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WTNT32 KNHC 120832
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL022009
500 AM AST WED AUG 12 2009
 
...DEPRESSION HAS NOT STRENGTHENED YET...

AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 32.4 WEST OR ABOUT 535
MILES...860 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO WITH
SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.6N 32.4W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE