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TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX APPROACHING CENTRAL LESSER ANTILLES (See the NOAA National Hurricane Center for the latest information on this storm. Complete advisories are posted at 11 a.m., 5 p.m., 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. All times are Eastern. Advisories are posted more frequently as the storm nears the USA mainland.) July 21, 2003 � The NOAA National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., reports that at 11 a.m. EDT the poorly defined center of Tropical Depression Six was located near latitude 14.2 north, longitude, 58.8 west or about 140 miles east of Martinique. This position is also about 90 miles north-northeast of Barbados. The depression is moving toward the west near 23 mph, and a west to west-northwest motion is expected for the next 24 hours. (Click NOAA satellite image for larger view of Tropical Depression Six taken at 8:45 a.m. EDT on July 21, 2003. Please credit “NOAA.”)
Maximum sustained winds are estimated near 35 mph with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours. An Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft will investigate the area Monday afternoon to determine if the depression has strengthened to a tropical storm. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1009 mb, 29.80 inches.
Large waves and above normal tides may occur to the north of the center of the tropical cyclone as it passes through the Lesser Antilles. Storm total rainfalls of 3 to 6 inches are possible in association with this system. (Click NOAA tracking map for larger view of Tropical Depression Six.) A tropical storm watch remains in effect for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A tropical storm warning remains in effect for Dominica. A tropical storm watch remains in effect for St. Lucia.
Tropical storm conditions are also possible later Monday for Martinique and Guadeloupe, the adjacent French islands, and for Antigua, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis, Saba and St. Eustatius.
Interests elsewhere in the Lesser Antilles and the British Virgin Islands should closely monitor the progress of this system.
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