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TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT WED SEP 18 2002

...JOSEPHINE MOVING FASTER TOWARD THE NORTHEAST...

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
JOSEPHINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  49.8 
WEST OR ABOUT 950 MILES...1525 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
JOSEPHINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH
...30 KM/HR...AND A FURTHER 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...AND 
JOSEPHINE SHOULD BEGIN TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON THURSDAY.
 
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 5 PM EDT POSITION...37.2 N... 49.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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