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Tropical Storm NICHOLAS (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS ADVISORY NUMBER  35
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST WED OCT 22 2003

...WEAKENING NICHOLAS RE-LOCATED A LITTLE SOUTHWARD...

SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT NICHOLAS IS SOMEWHAT TO THE SOUTH
OF THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY POSITION.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.9 WEST OR ABOUT
520 MILES...835 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
NICHOLAS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  9 MPH...15 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  40 MPH... 65
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE CURRENTLY
UNFAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT...AND A GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...18.4 N... 53.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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