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Tropical Storm NICHOLAS

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TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS ADVISORY NUMBER  22
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SAT OCT 18 2003

...NICHOLAS DRIFTING NORTHWEST...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE  48.2 WEST OR ABOUT
885 MILES...1420 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
NICHOLAS HAS BEEN DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  2 MPH
... 4 KM/HR...AND CONTINUED SLOW MOTION IN THIS GENERAL DIRECTION IS
EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...17.3 N... 48.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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