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Hurricane CHARLEY (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  25A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT SUN AUG 15 2004
 
....CHARLEY DISSIPATING OVER NEW ENGLAND...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NEW HAVEN
CONNECTICUT TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS...AND FOR EASTERN 
LONG ISLAND FROM FIRE ISLAND EASTWARD.  THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE
DISCONTINUED LATER THIS MORNING.

SURFACE OBSERVATIONS OVER NEW ENGLAND INDICATE THAT CHARLEY HAS
BECOME ILL-DEFINED.
 
AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE VERY POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
STORM CHARLEY WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 42.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE
71.0 WEST OR IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS.
 
CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH...48 KM/HR... AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CHARLEY IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE LATER THIS MORNING.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM MOSTLY EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1016 MB...30.00 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
REMNANTS OF CHARLEY OVER NEW ENGLAND AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...42.0 N... 71.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1016 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 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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