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Hurricane KATE (Text)

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HURRICANE KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  40
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SUN OCT 05 2003
 
...KATE TURNS TO THE NORTHWEST...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 31.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 56.3 WEST OR ABOUT 505 MILES...810
KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH ...15 KM/HR. A TURN
TO THE NORTH AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 12
TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 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 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  973 MB...28.73 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...31.2 N... 56.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...100 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 973 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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