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#288910 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:52 AM 17.Aug.2009) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA ADVISORY NUMBER 21 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022009 500 AM AST MON AUG 17 2009 ...ANA MOVING QUICKLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA... AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...AND MONTSERRAT. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO...THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...ST. KITTS...NEVIS... ANGUILLA...ST. MAARTEN...ST. MARTIN...SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS... GUADELOUPE...ST. BARTHELEMY...AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM CABO ENGANO WESTWARD TO CABO BEATA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.9 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES...155 KM...SOUTHEAST OF ST. CROIX. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 28 MPH...45 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...ANA IS FORECAST TO CROSS THE COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HOWEVER...ANA COULD DEGENERATE INTO A TROPICAL WAVE LATER TODAY. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES. ANA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...PUERTO RICO...THE U.S. AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. ...SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST INFORMATION... LOCATION...16.6N 63.9W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 28 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BERG |