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#148868 (Received by flhurricane at: 2:00 AM 01.Sep.2007) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 2A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL062007 200 AM AST SAT SEP 01 2007 ...DEPRESSION ABOUT TO PASS THROUGH WINDWARD ISLANDS... ...VERY NEAR TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES...GRENADA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES...AND TOBAGO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN COAST OF VENEZUELA FROM CUMANA TO PEDERNALES INCLUDING THE ISLAND OF MARGARITA...AND FOR THE DUTCH NETHERLAND ANTILLES ISLANDS OF ARUBA...BONAIRE AND CURACAO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS MAY SPREAD OVER ST. LUCIA EARLY THIS MORNING. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 200 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 60.5 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES...155 KM...SOUTHWEST OF BARBADOS AND ABOUT 75 MILES... 120 KM...EAST OF GRENADA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR. A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION THROUGH THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS BEFORE DAWN THIS MORNING...AND INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND THE SYSTEM COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE WINDWARD ISLANDS. ST. VINCENT RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 39 MPH...63 KM/HR. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES. TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE WINDWARD ISLANDS...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 7 INCHES. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED ACROSS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO...COASTAL VENEZUELA AND THE OFFSHORE ISLANDS...AND THE NETHERLAND ANTILLES OF ARUBA...BONAIRE...AND CURACAO. REPEATING THE 200 AM AST POSITION...12.1 N...60.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER KNABB |