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Tropical Storm NICHOLAS

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TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED OCT 15 2003

...NICHOLAS CONTINUING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...BECOMES SLIGHTLY BETTER
ORGANIZED...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  44.5 WEST OR ABOUT
1010 MILES...1625 KM...EAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.
 
NICHOLAS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR. 
A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT NICHOLAS HAS BECOME A
LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED THIS AFTERNOON...AND SOME STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...12.4 N... 44.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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