Tropical Storm GASTON

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TROPICAL STORM GASTON ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004

...GASTON MOVING FASTER TOWARD THE NORTHEAST...PASSING TO THE SOUTH
OF LONG ISLAND...

AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  71.9 WEST OR ABOUT 
155 MILES... 250 KM...SOUTHWEST OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS.
 
GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR...AND
AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY AND
TONIGHT.
 
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.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...39.5 N... 71.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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