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Tropical Weather Outlook
Statement as of 11:30 am EDT on September 13, 2004
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico...
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on extremely
dangerous Hurricane Ivan...located about 85 miles south-southeast
of the western tip of Cuba.
A vigorous tropical wave...accompanied by a broad surface low
pressure area...is centered about 175 miles east-southeast of
Guadeloupe in the Leeward Islands. This system has continued to
become better organized...and a tropical depression could form
later today or tonight. The system is moving west-northwestward at
about 10 mph and it will bring locally heavy rains and gusty winds
to the much of the Leeward Islands today and tomorrow. Interests in
Leeward Islands...Puerto Rico...the Virgin Islands...and the
northeastern Caribbean Sea...should closely monitor the progress of
this weather system over the next couple of days.
Elsewhere...tropical storm formation is not expected through
Tuesday.
Forecaster Stewart







