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TROPICAL STORM DOLLY ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST MON SEP 02 2002

...DOLLY CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY TURN NORTHWARD...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DOLLY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 17.4 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 52.7 WEST OR ABOUT 570
MILES...920 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.

DOLLY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH ...17 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED IN 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  45 MILES
... 75 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...17.4 N... 52.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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