WTNT34 KNHC 301447 RRA

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BULLETIN

TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE ADVISORY NUMBER   8

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL092016

1000 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2016



...TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN CUBA...

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH LIKELY TO BE ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE

FLORIDA GULF COAST LATER TODAY...





SUMMARY OF 1000 AM CDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...24.0N 87.2W

ABOUT 340 MI...550 KM W OF KEY WEST FLORIDA

ABOUT 310 MI...495 KM W OF HAVANA CUBA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB...29.65 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.



INTERESTS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA, AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA

SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.





DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

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AT 1000 AM CDT (1500 UTC), THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE

WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.0 NORTH, LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST.  THE

DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH (11 KM/H).

A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY, FOLLOWED BY

A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST TONIGHT.  A TURN TOWARD THE

NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK,

THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY AWAY FROM

WESTERN CUBA, AND MOVE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO DURING THE

NEXT 48 HOURS.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH (55 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS, AND THE

DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TODAY.=