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TROPICAL STORM JOSE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  5A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST MON OCT 18 1999

...JOSE APPROACHING THE LESSER ANTILLES...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING ISLANDS OF THE
LESSER ANTILLES...BARBADOS...THE GRENADINES...ST. VINCENT...ST.
LUCIA...MARTINIQUE...DOMINICA...GUADELOUPE AND THE SURROUNDING
ISLANDS...ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...MONTSERRAT...NEVIS...ST. KITTS... AND
ANGUILLA.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GRENADA.

ALL INTERESTS IN PUERTO RICO...THE U.S. AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF JOSE.
  
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 12.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 56.0 WEST OR ABOUT 270
MILES...375 KM...EAST OF BARBADOS.
 
JOSE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND JOSE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  50 MILES
...85 KM...FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE LAST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE
HUNTER PLANE WAS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...12.9 N... 56.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
PASCH
 
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