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Tropical Storm GASTON (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM GASTON ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004

...GASTON MOVING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES...
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  73.8 WEST OR ABOUT  
75 MILES... 125 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY.
 
GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH
...30 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  50 MILES
... 85 KM TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
SOME RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH GASTON WILL LINGER OVER THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES THIS MORNING.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...38.4 N... 73.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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