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TROPICAL STORM JOYCE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  19A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST SAT SEP 30 2000

...JOYCE HEADING TOWARD THE WINDWARD ISLANDS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS...ST. VINCENT..ST
LUCIA...TRINIDAD...TOBAGO...GRENADA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.

INTERESTS ALONG THE NORTHEAST COAST OF VENEZUELA SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS STORM.
 
AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOYCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  55.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 365 MILES...590 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BARBADOS AND 395
MILES...635 KM...EAST OF TOBAGO.
 
JOYCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
JOYCE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE AGAIN.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES
...110 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  997 MB...29.44 INCHES. 
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...10.4 N... 55.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH/AVILA
 
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