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TROPICAL STORM JOYCE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 23A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST SUN OCT 01 2000

...JOYCE MOVING INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TOBAGO...AND GRENADA AND
ITS DEPENDENCIES. 

AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR BARBADOS AND ST.
VINCENT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.   A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR TRINIDAD...ST. LUCIA...AND THE GRENADINES.

AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOYCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  60.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 60 MILES...110 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GRENADA.
 
JOYCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON
THIS TRACK...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOYCE WILL MOVE OVER
OR NEAR GRENADA LATER THIS MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...MAINLY IN
SQUALLS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  ALTHOUGH SATELLITE IMAGES
INDICATE THAT JOYCE IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED...NO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
BARBADOS RECENTLY REPORTED GUSTS TO 46 MPH...74 KPH.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95
KM...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER IN SQUALLS. BANDS OF HEAVY RAINS ARE
STILL AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...11.7 N... 60.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 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
ADVISORY AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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