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TROPICAL STORM JOYCE ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SUN OCT 01 2000

..JOYCE NEARING GRENADA...EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE OPEN
SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GRENADA...THE GRENADINE
ISLANDS AND ST. VINCENT.
 
ALL TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR OTHER ISLANDS HAVE BEEN
DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
JOYCE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  61.5 WEST OR
ABOUT 30 MILES..50 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GRENADA IN THE
SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
 
JOYCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.  A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL BE IN THE AREA LATER TODAY.
 
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.

BANDS OF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL SPREADING OVER
PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...11.7 N... 61.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST 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 2 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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