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Hurricane KATE (Text)

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HURRICANE KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  26
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED OCT 01 2003
 
...KATE REMAINS NO THREAT TO LAND...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 42.7 WEST OR ABOUT 1295
MILES...2085 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH ...22
KM/HR...AND A TURN TO THE WEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...30.7 N... 42.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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