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TROPICAL STORM JOYCE ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SAT SEP 30 2000

...DISORGANIZED JOYCE MOVING FASTER...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS
ISSUED...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING 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 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOYCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  56.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 330 MILES...535 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 IS A POORLY-ORGANIZED
TROPICAL STORM.  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 11 AM AST POSITION...10.4 N... 56.1 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.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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