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TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002

...JOSEPHINE STILL A TROPICAL STORM OVER THE FAR NORTH ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  47.9 WEST OR ABOUT
590 MILES...955 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
JOSEPHINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH...43 KM/HR... 
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 
HOURS WITH A FURTHER INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS TRACK...
JOSEPHINE IS FORECAST TO MERGE WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM WELL TO THE 
SOUTHEAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND BY LATE THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND 
JOSEPHINE SHOULD BEGIN TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON THURSDAY 
AS IT INTERACTS WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...39.0 N... 47.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 5 AM EDT...THURSDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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