Tropical Depression Six
Forecast Advisory 6
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WTNT31 KNHC 210230
TCPAT1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ADVISORY NUMBER 6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SUN JUL 20 2003
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX MOVING RAPIDLY WESTWARD WITH LITTLE
CHANGE IN STRENGTH...
AT 11 PM AST...0300 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
DOMINICA.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. LUCIA.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE BY LATE MONDAY FOR
MARTINIQUE AND GUADELOUPE AND ADJACENT FRENCH ISLANDS...AND FOR
ANTIGUA AND MONTSERRAT AND ST KITTS AND NEVIS.
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE LESSER ANTILLES...VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND
PUERTO RICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 54.6 WEST OR ABOUT
330 MILES...530 KM...EAST OF BARBADOS.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE THROUGH
THE LESSER ANTILLES MONDAY AFTERNOON.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TONIGHT OR
MONDAY.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ACCOMPANIED BY ABOVE NORMAL
TIDES...MAY OCCUR IN THE LESSER ANTILLES NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF
THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE.
STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION
WITH THIS SYSTEM
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...13.7 N... 54.6 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 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.
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
AST.
FORECASTER BEVEN
