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Tropical Storm KATE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SAT SEP 27 2003
 
...KATE STRENGTHENS OVER OPEN WATERS...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 22.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 44.7 WEST OR ABOUT 1150
MILES...1855 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19 KM/HR. A
TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...22.4 N... 44.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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