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#6552 (Received by flhurricane at: 7:51 PM 29.Aug.2004) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004 ...GASTON WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION... AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED FOR SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. INTERESTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 79.4 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA. GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 8 MPH...AND A NORTHWARD TO NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA ON MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH GASTON. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...34.2 N... 79.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. A PUBLIC ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 PM...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT32 KWNH. FORECASTER LAWRENCE |