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Hurricane KATE (Text)

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HURRICANE KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  30
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST THU OCT 02 2003

...KATE CONTINUES MOVING WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  46.3 WEST OR ABOUT 1100
MILES...1780 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND A MOSTLY WESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME 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.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  976 MB...28.82 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...29.5 N... 46.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 90 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 976 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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