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Tropical Storm GRACE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM GRACE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL092009
500 PM AST MON OCT 05 2009
 
...GRACE SPEEDING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD WEST OF FRANCE...EXPECTED TO
BE ABSORBED BY FRONT BY EARLY TOMORROW...

AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GRACE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 47.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 14.8 WEST OR ABOUT 400
MILES...645 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CORK IRELAND...AND ABOUT 480 MILES...
775 KM....WEST OF BREST FRANCE. 
 
GRACE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH...48 KM/HR. A
SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED
BEFORE GRACE IS ABSORBED BY A FRONT BY TUESDAY MORNING.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...47.7N 14.8W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 25 DEGREES AT 30 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BRENNAN
 
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