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TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT THU AUG 08 2002
 
...CRISTOBAL EDGES EASTWARD...

AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.7 WEST OR ABOUT
395 MILES...635 KM...EAST OF ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA.

CRISTOBAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 5 MPH... 7 KM/HR...AND A
SLOW EAST OR EAST-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR 
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH 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 5 AM EDT POSITION...29.5 N... 74.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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