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Tropical Storm GASTON (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM GASTON ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT WED SEP 01 2004

...GASTON ACCELERATING NORTHEASTWARD AND BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL...
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 42.4 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  61.5 WEST OR ABOUT  185 MILES... 300 KM...
SOUTHEAST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA.
 
GASTON IS ACCELERATING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 38 MPH
...61 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR NEXT 24
HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
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 5 AM EDT POSITION...42.4 N... 61.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 38 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 999 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.  FUTURE INFORMATION ON
THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISSUED BY THE OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER AND CAN
BE FOUND UNDER THE WMO/AWIPS HEADERS FZNT01 KWBC/NFDHSFAT1. 
 
FORECASTER RHOME/JARVINEN
 
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