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TROPICAL STORM JOYCE ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SUN OCT 01 2000

...JOYCE BARELY A TROPICAL STORM...HEADING FOR THE 
WINDWARD ISLANDS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TOBAGO...AND GRENADA AND
ITS DEPENDENCIES.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
TRINIDAD... BARBADOS...ST. LUCIA...ST. VINCENT...AND THE GRENADINES.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOYCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  60.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 20 MILES...32 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TOBAGO.
 
JOYCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON
THIS TRACK...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOYCE WILL TRACK
ACROSS TOBAGO LATER THIS MORNING...AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD
ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...MAINLY IN
SQUALLS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER IN SQUALLS.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...11.0 N... 60.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 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 8 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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