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TROPICAL STORM JOYCE ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE SEP 26 2000

...JOYCE STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOYCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  36.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 1555 MILES...2500 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
 
JOYCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS AND JOYCE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE ON WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES... 95 KM
...FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...11.8 N... 36.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 AM AST...WEDNESDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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