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Hurricane KATE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  47
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST TUE OCT 07 2003

...KATE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...LIKELY TO BECOME EXTRATOPICAL
SOON...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 41.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 51.2 WEST OR ABOUT 370
MILES...600 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.

KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH...43 KM/HR...AND AN
ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLIGHT WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND KATE IS EXPECTED TO LOSE
TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 290 MILES
...465 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...41.5 N... 51.2 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.

FORECASTER PASCH 
 
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