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Tropical Storm MINDY (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION MINDY ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN OCT 12 2003

...MINDY WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION...

INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF MINDY.

DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE INDICATE THAT
MINDY HAS WEAKENED BELOW TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH.

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION MINDY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 71.9 WEST OR ABOUT
630 MILES...1010 KM...SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH ...15
KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...25.8 N... 71.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
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