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| #148858 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:34 PM 31.Aug.2007) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ADVISORY NUMBER 2 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062007 1100 PM AST FRI AUG 31 2007 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX APPROACHING TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AS IT APPROACHES THE WINDWARD ISLANDS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES...GRENADA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES...AND TOBAGO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN COAST OF VENEZUELA FROM CUMANA TO PEDERNALES INCLUDING THE ISLAND OF MARGARITA...AND FOR THE DUTCH NETHERLAND ANTILLES ISLANDS OF ARUBA...BONAIRE AND CURACAO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS MAY SPREAD OVER ST. LUCIA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 59.9 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES...140 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BARBADOS AND ABOUT 120 MILES... 195 KM...EAST OF GRENADA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR. A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION THROUGH THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS BEFORE DAWN ON SATURDAY...AND INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA LATER ON SATURDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND THE SYSTEM COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. BARBADOS RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 33 MILS PER HOUR...54 KM/HR. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES. TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE WINDWARD ISLANDS...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 7 INCHES. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED ACROSS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO...COASTAL VENEZUELA AND THE OFFSHORE ISLANDS...AND THE NETHERLAND ANTILLES OF ARUBA...BONAIRE...AND CURACAO. REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...12.0 N...59.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BEVEN |
