Tropical Storm FABIAN

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TROPICAL STORM FABIAN ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST FRI AUG 29 2003

...FABIAN MOVING WESTWARD ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC...STRENGTHENS
SLIGHTLY...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FABIAN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  42.7 WEST OR ABOUT
1245 MILES...2000 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
FABIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR.  THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH SOME
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  60 MPH... 95
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  997 MB...29.44 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...15.5 N... 42.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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