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Tropical Storm JUAN (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM JUAN ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST FRI SEP 26 2003

...JUAN GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD...
 
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 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JUAN WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  61.9 WEST OR ABOUT 
175 MILES...280 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
JUAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  9 MPH ...15 KM/HR...AND A
NORTH TO NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR 
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF JUAN IS EXPECTED 
TO PASS WELL TO THE EAST OF BERMUDA LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
JUAN COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY TOMORROW.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES
...325 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH JUAN WILL LIKELY AFFECT BERMUDA LATER
TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...31.5 N... 61.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 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 8 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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