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TROPICAL STORM JOYCE ADVISORY NUMBER  22
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SAT SEP 30 2000

...JOYCE STILL A WEAK TROPICAL STORM...HEADING TOWARD THE 
WINDWARD ISLANDS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TRINIDAD...TOBAGO...
GRENADA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS 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 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOYCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  58.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 150 MILES...240 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TOBAGO.
 
JOYCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON
THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WINDWARD ISLANDS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE 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 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...10.8 N... 58.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 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 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
AST...SUNDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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