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Tropical Storm KATE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SUN SEP 28 2003
 
...KATE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE  43.3 WEST OR ABOUT 1275
MILES...2050 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...17
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...24.5 N... 43.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH/BERG
 
 
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