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TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT THU AUG 19 1999

...DEPRESSION NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE...

ALL INTERESTS IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  94.6 WEST
OR ABOUT 110 MILES...175 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF VERACRUZ MEXICO.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS CURRENTLY NEARLY STATIONARY. A WEST-NORTHWEST
DRIFT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT OR FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES. 
 
REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...19.6 N... 94.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 PM CDT.
 
BEVEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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