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TROPICAL STORM JOYCE ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST MON SEP 25 2000

...THE TENTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS IN THE FAR
EASTERN ATLANTIC...A LONG WAY FROM ANY LAND...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOYCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  32.6 WEST
OR ABOUT 570 MILES...925 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWESTERN
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
JOYCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND 
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  50 MILES
... 85 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...11.7 N... 32.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 AM AST...TUESDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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