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Tropical Storm MINDY (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM MINDY ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST FRI OCT 10 2003

...MINDY CONTINUING NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN
BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE
WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MINDY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  69.8 WEST OR ABOUT
120 MILES...195 KM...SOUTHEAST OF GRAND TURK ISLAND.
 
MINDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS
MOTION WOULD BRING THE CENTER OF MINDY NEAR THE TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.

ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ACCOMPANIED BY HIGHER THAN NORMAL SURF CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ON SATURDAY.
 
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF PUERTO
RICO AND THE EASTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TONIGHT.  LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS COULD SPREAD OVER THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS LATER TONIGHT
OR SATURDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...20.2 N... 69.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 2 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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