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Tropical Storm NICHOLAS (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST THU OCT 16 2003
 
...NICHOLAS BACK ON A WEST-NORTHWEST TRACK...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 47.8 WEST OR ABOUT
790 MILES...1270 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
 
NICHOLAS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH
...15 KM/HR.  A WEST-NORTHWEST OR NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...14.5 N... 47.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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