Tropical Storm CLAUDETTE

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TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2003
 
...CLAUDETTE ON A WESTWARD HEADING...NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM
CHETUMAL TO CABO CATOCHE MEXICO.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAND CAYMAN.  A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LITTLE CAYMAN AND CAYMAN
BRAC.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS DISCONTINUED
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR JAMAICA.

INTERESTS IN BELIZE AND THE REMAINDER OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CLAUDETTE.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS
LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE NEAR LATITUDE 16.1
NORTH...LONGITUDE  80.2 WEST OR ABOUT 230 MILES...375 KM...
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND CAYMAN.
 
CLAUDETTE IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/HR.  A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  UPPER-LEVEL WINDS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE FAVORABLE FOR
STRENGTHENING.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES...260 KM
TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS
1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING
WAVES ARE OCCURRING ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF JAMAICA AND THE CAYMAN
ISLANDS.
 
STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH CLAUDETTE.  RAINBANDS ARE SPREADING OVER JAMAICA AND EASTERN
CUBA AT THIS TIME...AND THESE BANDS SHOULD REACH THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...16.1 N...80.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 24 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 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
 
 
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