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TROPICAL STORM JOSE ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST MON OCT 18 1999

...JOSE APPROACHING THE LESSER ANTILLES...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR ST. EUSTATIUS...SABA AND ST.
MAARTEN.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WATCH FOR ST. BARTHELEMY AND ST. MARTIN.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE LESSER ANTILLES
FROM ANGUILLA SOUTHWARD TO THE GRENADINES.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GRENADA.
 
INTERESTS IN THE U.S. AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND PUERTO
RICO...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF JOSE.  WATCHES MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR THESE ISLANDS ON TUESDAY.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  56.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 185 MILES...295 KM...EAST OF BARBADOS.
 
JOSE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONDITIONS FAVOR STRENGTHENING...AND JOSE IS LIKELY TO
BECOME A HURRICANE IN A DAY OR TWO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  50 MILES
... 85 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...13.2 N... 56.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
AST...TUESDAY.
 
PASCH
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
  
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