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TROPICAL STORM HERMINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   6A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 AM AST TUE AUG 31 2004
 
...HERMINE MAKES LANDFALL NEAR NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS FROM WOODS HOLE TO PLYMOUTH INCLUDING MARTHAS
VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET.
 
AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE  70.9 WEST OR NEAR
ROUND HILL POINT MASSACHUSETTS WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF NEW BEDFORD
OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS.
 
HERMINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 28 MPH...44
KM/HR... AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 12
HOURS.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  HERMINE WILL QUICKLY WEAKEN...BUT WIND GUSTS
TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE SYSTEM PASSES BY.
HERMINE SHOULD BECOME EXTRATROPICAL OR MERGE WITH ANOTHER LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES
FROM THE CENTER MOSTLY TO THE SOUTHEAST.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...41.5 N... 71.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 28 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 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 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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