Hurricane Kate

Forecast Advisory 19

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WTNT31 KNHC 300844
TCPAT1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM KATE ADVISORY NUMBER 19
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST TUE SEP 30 2003

...KATE WEAKENS AND SLOWS DOWN OVER THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 34.7 WEST OR ABOUT
620 MILES...1000 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES ISLANDS.

KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR.
A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A SLOW TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OR
WEST TONIGHT OR ON WEDNESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...31.1 N... 34.7 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 AM AST.

FORECASTER STEWART