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Hurricane KATE (Text)

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HURRICANE KATE ADVISORY NUMBER  46
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST MON OCT 06 2003

...KATE WEAKENING AND BEGINNING TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATE WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 39.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.4 WEST OR ABOUT 495
MILES...800 KM...SOUTH OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/HR. 
A FURTHER INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST AND KATE IS EXPECTED TO LOSE
ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS 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  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...39.5 N... 53.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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