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Hurricane KATE


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HURRICANE KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  43
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST MON OCT 06 2003

...KATE MOVING FASTER TOWARD THE NORTH...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 34.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 55.8 WEST OR ABOUT 875
MILES...1410 KM...SOUTH OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 15 MPH ...24 KM/HR...AND A
FURTHER 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.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  976 MB...28.82 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...34.2 N... 55.8 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 90 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 976 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH 
 
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