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TROPICAL STORM JOSE ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST TUE OCT 19 1999
 
...STRENGTHENING JOSE CONTINUING WEST-NORTHWEST...HURRICANE WARNINGS
ISSUED...

AT 5 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WARNING FOR DOMINICA. THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE HAS ISSUED
A HURRICANE WARNING FOR MARTINIQUE AND GUADELOUPE.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD HAS DISCONTINUED
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR GRENADA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.
 
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 WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS.
 
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 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 13.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  57.5 WEST OR ABOUT 140
MILES...230 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BARBADOS.
 
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 OR TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES...95 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH JOSE SHOULD BE SPREADING OVER PORTIONS OF
THE LESSER ANTILLES TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...13.8 N... 57.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
AST.
 
BEVEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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