Sixth Tropical Depression Of Season 1,300 E. Lesser Antilles - Reuters/NHC

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WTNT31 KNHC 040837
TCPAT1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ADVISORY NUMBER 3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062006
500 AM EDT MON SEP 04 2006

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC HAS NOT
STRENGTHENED...

AT 500 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 41.1 WEST OR ABOUT 1345
MILES...2165 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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 TODAY
OR TOMORROW.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 500 AM EDT POSITION...15.6 N...41.1 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM EDT.

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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/040837.shtml

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MIAMI - The sixth tropical depression of the 2006 Atlantic storm season formed on Sunday between Africa and the Lesser Antilles and was expected to gain hurricane strength as it moved westward toward the United States.

Long-range computer tracking models projected the swirling mass of thunderstorms could end up north of the Caribbean islands, reaching hurricane status by Thursday, the US National Hurricane Center said.

The weather system was too far away to predict with accuracy whether it could threaten key US oil and gas facilities in the Gulf of Mexico or the US East Coast.

If its winds reach 39 mph (63 kph), it would be called Tropical Storm Florence. Tropical storms become hurricanes when their maximum sustained winds hit 74 mph (119 kph).

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http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37939/story.htm