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Hurricane KATE (Text)

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HURRICANE KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SAT OCT 04 2003

...KATE STILL A MAJOR HURRICANE AS IT MOVES WESTWARD OVER THE
OPEN ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF MAJOR HURRICANE KATE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.3 WEST OR ABOUT
695 MILES...1120 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST EXPECTED BY TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 TO
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  962 MB...28.41 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...30.1 N... 53.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...115 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 962 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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