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Hurricane KATE (Text)

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HURRICANE KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  42
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SUN OCT 05 2003

...KATE CONTINUES TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATE WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 33.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  56.1 WEST OR ABOUT 505
MILES...815 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 955 MILES...
1535 KM...SOUTH OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND A NORTH
OR NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION...ACCOMPANIED BY A GRADUAL INCREASE
IN FORWARD SPEED...IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  90 MPH...150 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.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  977 MB...28.85 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...33.0 N... 56.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 90 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 977 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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