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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  3A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 1998

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MEANDERING IN CENTRAL GULF...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
COAST FROM MATAGORDA TEXAS TO GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA.
 
SMALL CRAFT FROM MATAGORDA TO PORT ARANSAS TEXAS AND FROM GRAND ISLE
TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.
 
AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS MEANDERING NEAR LATITUDE 25.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  92.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 325 MILES...525 KM...SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA.
 
THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN MEANDERING DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS AND
LITTLE MOTION IS EXPECTED TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
WAS IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...25.4 N... 92.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 AM CDT.
 
AVILA 
 
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