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TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT WED SEP 18 2002

...TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  52.2 WEST OR ABOUT 
735 MILES...1185 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
JOSEPHINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH
...22 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THIS 
MORNING...WITH A GRADUAL ACCELERATION TO THE NORTHEAST EXPECTED THIS 
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND 
THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH A COLD FRONT BY THURSDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES
... 55 KM...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON A NEARBY SHIP REPORT 
IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...35.2 N... 52.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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