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Tropical Storm NICHOLAS (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST WED OCT 22 2003
 
...NICHOLAS BECOMING POORLY ORGANIZED...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
NICHOLAS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 54.3
WEST OR ABOUT 500 MILES...800 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN
LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
NICHOLAS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH
... 7 KM/HR.  A TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  NICHOLAS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM IN A FEW SQUALLS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...19.1 N... 54.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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