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Hurricane KATE (Text)

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HURRICANE KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  32...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST FRI OCT 03 2003

CORRECTED PRESSURE IN REPEAT SECTION TO 966 MB...

...KATE MOVING WESTWARD AND STRENGTHENING SLIGHTLY...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE  48.3 WEST OR ABOUT 990 MILES
...1595 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND A
WESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 110 MPH...175
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND KATE COULD BECOME A MAJOR
HURRICANE...CATEGORY THREE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE
SCALE...LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  966 MB...28.53 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...29.5 N... 48.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...110 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 966 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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