Hurricane Kate

Forecast Advisory 20

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WTNT31 KNHC 301440
TCPAT1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM KATE ADVISORY NUMBER 20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
ISSUED BY HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
11 AM AST TUE SEP 30 2003

...KATE MAKING ITS TURN TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
KATE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.0 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 35.4 WEST OR ABOUT 575 MILES...920 KM... SOUTHWEST OF
LAJOS IN THE AZORES ISLANDS.

KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 6 MPH... 9 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A TURN TOWARDS THE WEST OVER
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.

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

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

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...32.0 N... 35.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 5 PM AST.

FORECASTER ROTH/ORRISON