000
WTNT35 KNHC 040240
TCPAT5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL102008
1100 PM AST WED SEP 03 2008
 
...JOSEPHINE MOVING WESTWARD OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC...

AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 30.7 WEST OR ABOUT 425
MILES...685 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
JOSEPHINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND
A WEST OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  A SLOW WEAKENING OF THE STORM IS LIKELY
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...13.9 N...30.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE