Tropical Storm NICHOLAS

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TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS ADVISORY NUMBER  37
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED OCT 22 2003

...NICHOLAS HANGING IN THERE...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  54.7 WEST OR ABOUT
525 MILES...845 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS.
 
NICHOLAS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH ...13 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NICHOLAS IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM MAINLY IN SQUALLS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...20.1 N... 54.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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