Hurricane KATE

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HURRICANE KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  37
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT OCT 04 2003

...KATE INTENSIFIES TO NEAR CATEGORY 4 STRENGTH...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATE WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  54.5 WEST OR ABOUT 625
MILES...1005 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH A GRADUAL 
TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST EXPECTED BY SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MPH...205 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THIS MAKES KATE A STRONG CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  952 MB...28.11 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...30.3 N... 54.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...125 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 952 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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