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Tropical Storm KATE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM KATE ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT SEP 27 2003

...THE DEPRESSION REACHES TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AND IS NAMED
KATE...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 21.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE  44.4 WEST OR ABOUT 1150
MILES...1850 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...
22KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  KATE IS THE ELEVENTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE ATLANTIC
HURRICANE SEASON.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...21.5 N... 44.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA/SISKO
 
 
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