Tropical Storm ODETTE

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TROPICAL STORM ODETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   2A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 PM EST THU DEC 04 2003
 
...ODETTE CONTINUING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL
CARIBBEAN...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAITI AND JAMAICA.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
WEST OF SANTO DOMINGO...THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...AND THE TURK AND
CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED FOR EASTERN CUBA
LATER TONIGHT.
 
AT 7 PM EST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ODETTE WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  75.5 WEST OR ABOUT
265 MILES...425 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.
 
ODETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. A
GENERAL TRACK NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION WOULD BRING ODETTE NEAR HAITI AND
THE WINDWARD PASSAGE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.  THE STRONG WINDS OCCURRING
OVER THE BAHAMAS ARE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF A STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND ODETTE.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN
THE MOUNTAINS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF ODETTE. THESE RAINS
COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES...
PARTICULARLY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF HAITI.  RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH
ODETTE SHOULD BEGIN SPREADING ACROSS JAMAICA AND HAITI LATER
TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM EST POSITION...14.3 N... 75.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 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
10 PM EST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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