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WTNT32 KNHC 170848
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL022009
500 AM AST MON AUG 17 2009
 
...ANA MOVING QUICKLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA...

AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA HAS
DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND
MONTSERRAT.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO...THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS...THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...ST. KITTS...NEVIS...
ANGUILLA...ST. MAARTEN...ST. MARTIN...SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...
GUADELOUPE...ST. BARTHELEMY...AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM CABO
ENGANO WESTWARD TO CABO BEATA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...
GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE.  FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA
OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION ANA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE
63.9 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES...155 KM...SOUTHEAST OF ST. CROIX.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 28 MPH...45
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THIS TRACK...ANA IS
FORECAST TO CROSS THE COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.  HOWEVER...ANA COULD DEGENERATE INTO A TROPICAL WAVE LATER
TODAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

ANA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER
THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...PUERTO RICO...THE U.S. AND BRITISH
VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...16.6N 63.9W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 28 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 800 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100
AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BERG