000 WTNT34 KNHC 070841 TCPAT4 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142011 500 AM AST WED SEP 07 2011 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEAR TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH... SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...12.0N 39.9W ABOUT 1100 MI...1770 KM WSW OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS ABOUT 1455 MI...2340 KM E OF THE LESSER ANTILLES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...32 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 39.9 WEST. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/H. A WESTWARD OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TODAY. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER PASCH