Tropical Storm GASTON

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TROPICAL STORM GASTON ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004

...GASTON MOVING FASTER...

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 40.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  68.6 WEST OR ABOUT  
90 MILES... 140 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS.
 
GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH
...46 KM/HR...AND A FURTHER INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS LIKELY
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST...AND GASTON IS
EXPECTED TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...40.7 N... 68.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 29 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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