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Tropical Storm JOSEPHINE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL102008
1100 AM AST WED SEP 03 2008

...JOSEPHINE A LITTLE STRONGER OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC...
 
AT 1100 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 28.8 WEST OR ABOUT 305
MILES...485 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS.
 
JOSEPHINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...100
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST
THROUGH THURSDAY...BUT A WEAKENING TREND IS FORECAST TO BEGIN ON
FRIDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...13.8 N...28.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST 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
500 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER KNABB/RHOME
 
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