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Tropical Storm NICHOLAS (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS ADVISORY NUMBER  25
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN OCT 19 2003

...NICHOLAS NEARLY STATIONARY AND WEAKER...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.7 NORTH... LONGITUDE 47.5 WEST OR ABOUT
935 MILES...1510 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.

NICHOLAS HAS BEEN MEANDERING BUT IS NEARLY STATIONARY. A SLOW...
MAINLY NORTHWESTWARD...MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...17.7 N... 47.5 W. MOVEMENT
...STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE...1000 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH 
 
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