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Hurricane KATE


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TROPICAL STORM KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  24...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST WED OCT 01 2003

CORRECT AT TO AS IN HEADLINE...

...KATE RE-INTENSIFYING AS IT MOVES WESTWARD...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 32.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  40.2 WEST OR ABOUT 1425
MILES...2300 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  70 MPH...110
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT KATE IS
TRYING TO FORM AN EYE...AND IT MAY BECOME A HURRICANE AGAIN LATER
TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES
...325 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  991 MB...29.26 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...32.2 N... 40.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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