#9 heading for Hispaniola as per adv. 2a.m.

[Anonymous]

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WTNT34 KNHC 220548
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 2A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 AM AST FRI AUG 22 2003

...DEPRESSION HEADING FOR HISPANIOLA...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM BARAHONA WESTWARD...AND FOR THE
SOUTHWESTERN PENINSULA OF HAITI INCLUDING PORT-AU-PRINCE.

ALL INTERESTS IN EASTERN CUBA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS
SYSTEM.

AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION NINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.5 WEST OR ABOUT 215 MILES...345 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH ...20 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON FRIDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...15.7 N... 67.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.

FORECASTER BEVEN

[deb_in_nc]

This one might be a close one for us. Unfortunately
at work they won't watch it until it's on us. I wonder how many there are out there like that?

Debbie

[Anonymous]

unfortunately there are people like that every where. People just don't like the inconvenience of a storm disrupting there everyday routine, so they tend to ignore them until it is hits them right in the smacker.