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Tropical Storm MINDY (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM MINDY ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SUN OCT 12 2003

...MINDY SLOWS DOWN AS IT BEGINS TO TURN NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...
 
INTERESTS ON BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF MINDY.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MINDY WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.3 WEST OR 
ABOUT 210 MILES...340 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GRAND TURK.  THIS 
IS ALSO ABOUT 725 MILES...1165 KM...SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
MINDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  7 MPH...11 KM/HR. 
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...24.3 N... 72.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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