Tropical Storm CLAUDETTE

ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  1A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT TUE JUL 08 2003
 
...RECONNAISSANCE PLANE CURRENTLY APPROACHING CLAUDETTE...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.

AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
CLAUDETTE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  71.9
WEST OR ABOUT 370 MILES...605 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON
JAMAICA.
 
CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 25 MPH...40 KM/HR... AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE NEAR JAMAICA ON
WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE CURRENTLY APPROACHING CLAUDETTE WILL
GIVE AN UPDATE OF THE INTENSITY. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM
TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING
WAVES MAY OCCUR ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF JAMAICA.
 
STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES MAY OCCUR ALONG THE PATH OF
CLAUDETTE.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...15.1 N... 71.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 25 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
NNNN