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Tropical Storm JUAN (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM JUAN ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST THU SEP 25 2003

...JUAN SLOWS ITS FORWARD MOTION AND STRENGTHENS A LITTLE MORE...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.  A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JUAN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  61.9 WEST OR ABOUT 185
MILES...300 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
JUAN HAS SLOWED ITS FORWARD MOTION AND IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH... 9 KM/HR.  THIS GENERAL MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES
...325 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH JUAN WILL LIKELY AFFECT BERMUDA LATER
TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...31.1 N... 61.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 2 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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