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TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT WED AUG 07 2002

...CORRECTED ADVISORY POSITION...SPEED AND DISTANCES...

...TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL DRIFTING SLOWLY EASTWARD...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  75.2 WEST 
OR ABOUT 370 MILES...600 KM...EAST OF ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA.
 
CRISTOBAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR  3 MPH... 6 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY. HOWEVER...STEERING CURRENTS REMAIN WEAK AND SOME ERRATIC
MOTION IS POSSIBLE.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...29.4 N... 75.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM EDT...THURSDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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