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Tropical Storm GASTON (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM GASTON ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004
 
...GASTON RACING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD...

AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.0 WEST OR ABOUT 230
MILES... 365 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA.
 
GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 31 MPH
...50 KM/HR.  AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ALONG THIS TRACK IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST WHILE GASTON LOSES
TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS SOMETIME WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...41.8 N... 66.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 31 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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