Tropical Storm Nicholas

Forecast Advisory 38

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WTNT34 KNHC 230233
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS ADVISORY NUMBER 38
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED OCT 22 2003

...NICHOLAS STILL AT TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 55.9 WEST OR ABOUT
480 MILES...775 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS.

NICHOLAS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19 KM/HR...
AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM EAST OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...21.1 N... 55.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.

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

FORECASTER PASCH