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| #213008 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:52 PM 02.Sep.2008) TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ADVISORY NUMBER 4 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL102008 1100 PM AST TUE SEP 02 2008 ...JOSEPHINE MOVING WESTWARD OVER THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC... AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 26.8 WEST OR ABOUT 180 MILES...290 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. JOSEPHINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST FORECAST ON WEDNESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN CAPE VERDE ISLANDS AS JOSEPHINE MOVES AWAY. REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...13.6 N...26.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE |
