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TROPICAL STORM DEBBY INTERMEDIAT ADVISORY NUMBER   5A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST SUN AUG 20 2000
 
...ALL INTERESTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF DEBBY...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ST. MAARTEN...SABA...AND ST.
EUSTATIUS AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS EFFECT FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA
...AND ANGUILLA.  THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED TO A
HURRICANE WATCH LATER TONIGHT OR MONDAY.
 
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  52.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 600 MILES...960 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
DEBBY COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATE MONDAY OR ON TUESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...15.2 N... 52.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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