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Tropical Storm NICHOLAS (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE OCT 14 2003
 
...FOURTEENTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS...

SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINETEEN HAS
STRENGTHENED AND BECOME TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS.

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 42.9 WEST OR ABOUT
1120 MILES...1805 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
 
NICHOLAS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH
...17 KM/HR.  A TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES
...110 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...11.6 N... 42.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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