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

...JOYCE SLOWLY STRENGTHENING AGAIN...HEADING TOWARD THE 
WINDWARD ISLANDS...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR BARBADOS...ST. VINCENT...AND THE
GRENADINE ISLANDS.  ALSO AT 5 AM AST...THE GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD
HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR TRINIDAD...TOBAGO...AND
GRENADA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOYCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.6 WEST
OR ABOUT 450 MILES...725 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BARBADOS.
 
JOYCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST TONIGHT OR IN SUNDAY.  INTERESTS IN THE
WINDWARD ISLANDS AND NORTHEAST COAST OF VENEZUELA SHOULD CLOSELY
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM.
 
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 BEFORE REACHING THE WINDWARD
ISLANDS ON SUNDAY.
 
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 5 AM AST POSITION...10.3 N... 53.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 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 STEWART
 
 
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