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Tropical Storm KATE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM KATE ADVISORY NUMBER 11
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
5 AM AST SUN SEP 28 2003

...KATE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN IN THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 44.5 WEST OR ABOUT 1190
MILES...1910 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH ...15 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS WITH A
TURN TO THE NORTHEAST THEREAFTER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LIMITED STRENGTHENING 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 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...23.4 N... 44.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 9 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 STEWART/HOLWEG

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