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August 2, 2005
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
TD 8 has formed in the Atlantic - looks like no threat to the Caribbean but possibly could affect Bermuda:
TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 1A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM AST TUE AUG 02 2005
...OUTER RAINBANDS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BEGINNING TO SPREAD OVER
BERMUDA...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA. A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN
THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA... PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 8 PM AST... 0000Z... THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 68.8 WEST OR ABOUT
335 MILES... 540 KM... SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 8 MPH... 13 KM/HR. A
TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER
TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB... 29.80 INCHES.
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN BERMUDA IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPRESSION.
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...28.8 N... 68.8 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.