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TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT THU AUG 08 2002

...CRISTOBAL RAPIDLY BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  71.0 WEST OR ABOUT 375 
MILES...600 KM...WEST OF BERMUDA.
 
CRISTOBAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH
...28 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  CRISTOBAL IS FORECAST TO RAPIDLY BECOME 
EXTRATROPICAL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 1008 
MB...29.77 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...31.5 N... 71.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE INCLUDED IN 
THE HIGH SEAS FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MARINE PREDICTION CENTER AT 
WASHINGTON DC.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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