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TROPICAL STORM JOYCE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  20A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST SAT SEP 30 2000

...JOYCE BARELY A TROPICAL STORM...HEADED FOR THE WINDWARD
ISLANDS....
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TRINIDAD...TOBAGO...
GRENADA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR BARBADOS...ST. LUCIA...ST. VINCENT...AND THE GRENADINES.

INTERESTS ALONG THE NORTHEAST COAST OF VENEZUELA SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS STORM.
 
AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOYCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  56.9 WEST
OR ABOUT 285 MILES...460 KM...EAST OF TRINIDAD.
 
JOYCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON
THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS
TOMORROW MORNING.

SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE THAT JOYCE REMAINS WEAK AND IS BARELY OF
TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40
MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...10.4 N... 56.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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