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 606 
 WTNT43 KNHC 311439
 TCDAT3
 TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN DISCUSSION NUMBER   5
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 11 AM EDT WED AUG 31 2005
  
 TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN WHICH BECAME A BROAD AREA OF LOW
 PRESSURE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO HAS RE-GENERATED INTO TROPICAL
 DEPRESSION STATUS. THIS IS BASED ON DVORAK CLASSIFICATIONS OF 2.0
 FROM TAFB AND SAB AND A SSM/I MICROWAVE IMAGE AROUND 10Z WHICH
 SHOWS A CONVECTIVE RING ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTER. VISIBLE
 SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW A WELL-DEFINED CYCLONICALLY CURVED CONVECTIVE
 BAND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER BUT THE OUTFLOW IS RESTRICTED. IT
 APPEARS THAT THE DEPRESSION IS VERY NEAR TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH
 AND IF IT NOT ONE NOW...IT COULD BE ONE LATER TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT
 STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED THEREAFTER.
 
 THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR 040 DEGREES AT 11
 KNOTS BETWEEN THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO THE SOUTHEAST AND LOW TO THE
 NORTHWEST. STEERING CURRENTS ARE FORECAST TO BE POORLY DEFINED
 DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 DAYS AND THE DEPRESSION COULD TURN MORE TO
 THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AROUND THE CIRCULATION OF THE LOW TO THE
 NORTHWEST AND A BUILDING HIGH TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS TRACK IS IN
 BETWEEN THE GFDL AND CLIMATOLOGY.    
  
 FORECASTER AVILA
  
 FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
  
 INITIAL      31/1500Z 28.8N  50.4W    30 KT
  12HR VT     01/0000Z 30.0N  49.0W    35 KT
  24HR VT     01/1200Z 32.0N  48.0W    35 KT
  36HR VT     02/0000Z 34.0N  47.0W    35 KT
  48HR VT     02/1200Z 36.0N  46.0W    35 KT
  72HR VT     03/1200Z 38.0N  45.0W    35 KT
  96HR VT     04/1200Z 40.0N  44.0W    30 KT
 120HR VT     05/1200Z 44.0N  39.5W    25 KT...EXTRATROPICAL
  
  
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