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Hurricane MARIA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM MARIA ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST WED SEP 07 2005

...MARIA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 35.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 53.0 WEST OR ABOUT 705
MILES...1135 KM... EAST-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

MARIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH ...17
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES
...260 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...35.2 N... 53.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER ROBERTS/STEWART
 
 
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