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Hurricane KATE (Text)

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HURRICANE KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST THU OCT 02 2003
 
...KATE CONTINUES MOVING WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  44.1 WEST OR ABOUT 1225 MILES...
1975 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH...15 KM/HR.  A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT KATE NOW HAS A WELL-DEFINED
EYE...AND STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  979 MB...28.91 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...30.0 N... 44.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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