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TROPICAL STORM JOYCE ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST FRI SEP 29 2000

...JOYCE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...HOWEVER INTERESTS IN THE
LESSER ANTILLES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR ITS PROGRESS...

SATELLITE PICTURES THIS MORNING SHOW THAT JOYCE HAS BECOME
DISORGANIZED AND IT IS NO LONGER A HURRICANE. 
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOYCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  49.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 725 MILES...1165 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BARBADOS.
 
JOYCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...10.5 N... 49.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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