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#3829 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:40 PM 04.Aug.2004) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM AST WED AUG 04 2004 ...DEPRESSION DEGENERATES TO A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA... REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT THIS MORNING...AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON...INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO HAS LOST ITS SURFACE CIRCULATION AND HAS DEGENERATED INTO A TROPICAL WAVE. AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WERE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.5 WEST OR ABOUT 380 MILES...610 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. THE REMNANTS OF THE DEPRESSION ARE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH ...37 KM/HR. A WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS SYSTEM STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS TO HISPANIOLA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM TOMORROW MORNING FOR SIGNS OF REGENERATION. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...13.5 N... 63.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 MB. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS. FORECASTER FRANKLIN |