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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT WED AUG 18 1999

...THIRD TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE SEASON FORMS OVER THE BAY OF
CAMPECHE...

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE PLANE AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE
THAT A TROPICAL DEPRESSION HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  93.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 310 MILES...500 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TAMPICO MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH
...13 KM/HR...AND A SLOW WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR
THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST THROUGH
TONIGHT.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.

INTERESTS IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS
OF THIS DEPRESSION.
 
REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...20.1 N... 93.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 PM CDT.
 
PASCH
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
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