Tropical Depression Fourteen
Forecast Advisory 6
000
WTNT33 KNHC 092035
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE ISABEL ADVISORY NUMBER 15
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE SEP 09 2003
...ISABEL REMAINS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC...
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISABEL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 47.8 WEST OR ABOUT 930
MILES...1495 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
ISABEL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 TO
24 HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST EXPECTED AFTERWARDS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...MAKING ISABEL A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 948 MB...27.99 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...20.3 N... 47.8 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...135 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 948 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 PM AST.
FORECASTER STEWART
000
WTNT34 KNHC 092036
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOURTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER 6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE SEP 09 2003
...DISORGANIZED DEPRESSION PASSING JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE
LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION FOURTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 25.4 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES...145 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE
SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH
...20 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS. THIS MOTION WOULD TAKE THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION WEST
OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...14.1 N... 25.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
FORECASTER PASCH