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Tropical Storm FRANCES


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TROPICAL STORM FRANCES ADVISORY NUMBER   5...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT WED AUG 25 2004
...CORRECTED TO ADD MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE LINE...
...FRANCES OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC...NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LAND...

AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
FRANCES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  41.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 1340 MILES...2155 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...11.8 N... 41.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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