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TROPICAL STORM JOYCE ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT SEP 30 2000

...JOYCE BARELY A TROPICAL STORM...HEADED FOR THE WINDWARD
ISLANDS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TRINIDAD...TOBAGO...
GRENADA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR BARBADOS...ST. LUCIA...ST. VINCENT...AND THE GRENADINES.
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE NORTHEAST COAST OF VENEZUELA SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS STORM.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOYCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  57.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 260 MILES...415 KM...EAST OF TRINIDAD.
 
JOYCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON
THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WINDWARD ISLANDS
TOMORROW MORNING.

SATELLITE PICTURES CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT JOYCE IS POORLY
ORGANIZED AND BARELY OF TROPICAL STORM INTENSITY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE
CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...10.5 N... 57.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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