Hurricane Kate

Forecast Advisory 21

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WTNT31 KNHC 302022
TCPAT1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM KATE ADVISORY NUMBER 21
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
ISSUED BY HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
5 PM AST TUE SEP 30 2003

...KATE GRADUALLY TURNING TOWARDS THE WEST NORTHWEST...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
KATE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.6 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 36.4 WEST OR ABOUT 540 MILES...995 KM...
SOUTHWEST OF LAJES IN THE AZORES ISLANDS.

KATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH
...15 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH
A TURN TOWRDS THE WEST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...32.6 N... 36.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 MB.

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

FORECASTER PETERSEN