Tropical Storm CLAUDETTE

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TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   6A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003
 
...CLAUDETTE CONTINUES MOVING WESTWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA 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.
 
INTERESTS IN BELIZE AND THE REMAINDER OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CLAUDETTE.
 
AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE IS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  82.0 WEST OR ABOUT
195 MILES...315 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GRAND CAYMAN.
 
CLAUDETTE IS MOVING JUST NORTH OF DUE WESTWARD NEAR 20 MPH...31
KM/HR. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES ...260 KM
PRIMARILY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS WAVES MAY BE OCCURRING 
ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND ARE SUBSIDING ALONG
THE SOUTH COAST OF JAMAICA.
 
STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH CLAUDETTE.  RAINBANDS ARE SPREADING OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND
PORTIONS OF CUBA.  WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING IN JAMAICA.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...16.5 N... 82.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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