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| #213075 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:40 AM 03.Sep.2008) TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL102008 500 AM AST WED SEP 03 2008 ...JOSEPHINE A LITTLE STRONGER THIS MORNING... AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 27.5 WEST OR ABOUT 220 MILES...355 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. JOSEPHINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR ...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. RAINFALL SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING AS JOSEPHINE MOVES AWAY FROM THE SOUTHERN CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...13.7 N...27.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER ROBERTS/PASCH |
