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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT TUE SEP 03 2002
 
...EDOUARD CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST...TROPICAL 
STORM WATCH EXTENDED...

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS EXTENDED SOUTHWARD
TO TITUSVILLE FLORIDA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
TITUSVILLE TO FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA.  WHILE THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...THIS IS NOT
CONSIDERED LIKELY...AND THAT IS THE REASON A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
IS NOT BEING ISSUED AT THIS TIME.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  79.2 WEST OR ABOUT 120 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA 
BEACH FLORIDA.
 
EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  
ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL 
ON THE NORTH-CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST ON WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEAKENING...AND IS FORECAST 
TO BE A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY THE TIME IT MAKES LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES
...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...29.8 N... 79.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 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 EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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