ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 5A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2003 ...CLAUDETTE ON A WESTWARD HEADING...NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM CHETUMAL TO CABO CATOCHE MEXICO. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAND CAYMAN. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LITTLE CAYMAN AND CAYMAN BRAC. AT 8 PM EDT...0000 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR JAMAICA. INTERESTS IN BELIZE AND THE REMAINDER OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CLAUDETTE. AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE NEAR LATITUDE 16.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.2 WEST OR ABOUT 230 MILES...375 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND CAYMAN. CLAUDETTE IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE FAVORABLE FOR STRENGTHENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES...260 KM TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE OCCURRING ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF JAMAICA AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN ASSOCIATION WITH CLAUDETTE. RAINBANDS ARE SPREADING OVER JAMAICA AND EASTERN CUBA AT THIS TIME...AND THESE BANDS SHOULD REACH THE CAYMAN ISLANDS TONIGHT. REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...16.1 N...80.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 24 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. FORECASTER AVILA NNNN
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