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TROPICAL STORM JOSE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  7A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST TUE OCT 19 1999
 
...JOSE HEADING FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR DOMINICA...MARTINIQUE AND
GUADELOUPE.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS FROM
ANGUILLA TO MONTSERRAT...AND FOR ST. LUCIA IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. VINCENT AND THE
GRENADINES.
 
INTERESTS IN THE U.S. AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND PUERTO
RICO...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF JOSE.  WATCHES MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR THESE ISLANDS LATER TODAY.
 
AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSE WAS LOCATED
BY A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 
58.0 WEST OR ABOUT 240 MILES...395 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF DOMINICA
IN THE LESSER ANTILLES.

JOSE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...105 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND JOSE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES...95 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT WAS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH JOSE SHOULD BE SPREADING OVER PORTIONS OF
THE LESSER ANTILLES TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...14.0 N... 58.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 13 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.
 
AVILA
 
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