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August 25, 2006
Tropical Depression 5
This thing is starting to look serious and could definitely impact the Caribbean over the next week or so:
...DEPRESSION ALMOST A TROPICAL STORM...
AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.7 WEST OR ABOUT 345
MILES...560 KM... SOUTH OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH AND A MOTION
GENERALLY TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY OR
TONIGHT.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE FROM SHIP OBSERVATIONS IS
1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPRESSION ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARD
ISLANDS... PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.
REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...13.4 N...65.7 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
