| HOME | ARCHIVES | FORECASTS | IMAGERY | ABOUT NHC | RECONNAISSANCE |

---

Tropical Storm HERMINE (Text)

ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HERMINE ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST MON AUG 30 2004

...HERMINE HEADING NORTH...EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OVER COLDER WATERS...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE  71.5 WEST OR ABOUT 
495 MILES... 800 KM... SOUTH OF CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS.
 
HERMINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH ...30 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS FORECAST TRACK THE
CENTER OF HERMINE WILL PASS NEAR OR JUST TO THE EAST OF CAPE COD.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  AS HERMINE MOVES NORTH OVER COLDER WATERS IT IS EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM MOSTLY EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...34.6 N... 71.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
$$
NNNN