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TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  4A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 1998

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING LITTLE...REMAINS DISORGANIZED...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST
FROM MATAGORDA TEXAS TO PASCAGOULA.  THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH WEST
OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY.
 
SMALL CRAFT FROM MATAGORDA TO PORT ARANSAS TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT.
 
AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  92.4 WEST OR ABOUT 285
MILES...460 KM...SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA.
 
THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN MOVING LITTLE BUT IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT
NORTHWARD TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TODAY BUT
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR STRENGTHENING ON SATURDAY.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 
1001 MB...29.55 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...26.0 N... 92.4 W.  MOVEMENT...
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 1001 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 PM CDT.
 
AVILA
 
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