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Tropical Depression ERNESTO Advisory Number 33
 
Issued 21:00Z Sep 01, 2006
 
Advisory Selection
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PUBLIC ADVISORY NUMBER 33 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL052006
5 PM EDT FRI SEP 01 2006        

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION GRADUALLY LOSING TROPICAL
CHARACTERISTICS...MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC... 

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF EASTERN MARYLAND AND EASTERN VIRGINIA. COASTAL FLOOD
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA...THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MARYLAND. FLASH
FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...VIRGINIA...EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY...PENNSYLVANIA...AND
NEW YORK. HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY. WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA...THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...AND NEW JERSEY.

AT 5 PM EDT...21Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.2 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 77.1 WEST OR 25
MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF RICHMOND VIRGINIA.

ERNESTO HAS SLOWED ITS FORWARD MOTION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS
AND IS NOW MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. A GENERAL NORTHWARD
MOTION AT THIS SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB OR 29.47 INCHES. 

SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THRU 4 PM EDT

...FLORIDA...

ROCK ISLAND              6.74  
IMMOKALEE                5.96
MOORE HAVEN              4.74
KISSIMMEE                4.28
LEHIGH ACRES             4.16
LAKE WALES               3.85
OCHOPEE                  3.78

...SOUTH CAROLINA...

MT PLEASANT              6.65
MYRTLE BEACH             6.20  
MCCLELLANVILLE           5.84
DANIEL ISLAND            4.50
SURFSIDE BEACH           4.05  
CONWAY MARINA            4.00  

...NORTH CAROLINA...

GRIFTON                  9.85
CAPE FEAR RIVER          9.71  
WILMINGTON               9.58  
KINSTON                  9.57
SNOW HILL                8.40  
NEW RIVER NCAS           8.06  
WALLACE                  8.00
TRANTERS CREEK           7.57  
LONGWOOD                 7.23  
GREENVILLE               7.13  
RICHLANDS                7.06

...VIRGINIA...

WITTS ORCHARD            6.64
BACK BAY                 6.43  
ORISKANY                 6.19
CONCORD                  5.89
SNOW CREEK               5.68
GRAYSON HIGHLAND         4.72
COPPER HILL              4.36
ROCKY MOUNT              4.29
NORFOLK INTL ARPT        4.20  

...WEST VIRGINIA...

ELLISON RIDGE            3.20
RIPLEY                   2.50  
SPENCER                  2.48  
RACINE                   2.43  
TORNADO                  2.12  

...MARYLAND...

CAROLINE                 1.68  
RIVERDALE                1.12  

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM
TOTALS OF 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND
THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...37.2 NORTH...77.1
WEST...MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS AT 35 MPH...MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WILL BE ISSUED BY
THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. REFER TO
YOUR LOCAL FORECAST OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS
SYSTEM.
 
TRIMARCO

FORECAST POSITIONS

INITIAL    01/2100Z 37.2N 77.1W
12HR VT    02/0600Z 38.6N 77.0W
24HR VT    02/1800Z 40.5N 77.8W
36HR VT    03/0600Z 42.6N 78.4W
48HR VT    03/1800Z 44.7N 77.6W