000 WTNT33 KNHC 102346 TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MINDY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 1A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 PM AST FRI OCT 10 2003 ...MINDY A LITTLE STRONGER AS IT MOVES NORTHWESTWARD... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MINDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.5 WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES...250 KM...SOUTHEAST OF GRAND TURK ISLAND. MINDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THE STORM AWAY FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND TOWARD THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH... 70 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES ...185 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER PUERTO RICO AND THE EASTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...19.8 N... 69.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 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 11 PM AST. FORECASTER BEVEN