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TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT WED SEP 18 2002
 
...JOSEPHINE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD OVER OPEN WATERS...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
JOSEPHINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  51.4 
WEST OR ABOUT 800 MILES...1300 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
JOSEPHINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH A GRADUAL 
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...36.0 N... 51.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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