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Tropical Storm PETER (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION PETER ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM EST WED DEC 10 2003
 
...PETER EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE IN A DAY OR SO...

AT 10 AM EST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION PETER WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  37.0 WEST OR ABOUT
1145 MILES...1840 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF LAJES IN THE AZORES.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH ...19
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. PETER IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE IN ABOUT 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 10 AM EST POSITION...24.2 N... 37.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 PM EST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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