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#6616 (Received by flhurricane at: 6:30 AM 30.Aug.2004) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HERMINE ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM AST MON AUG 30 2004 ...HERMINE HEADING NORTH...EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OVER COLDER WATERS... AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE 71.5 WEST OR ABOUT 495 MILES... 800 KM... SOUTH OF CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS. HERMINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH ...30 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF HERMINE WILL PASS NEAR OR JUST TO THE EAST OF CAPE COD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. AS HERMINE MOVES NORTH OVER COLDER WATERS IT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES ... 95 KM MOSTLY EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...34.6 N... 71.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST. FORECASTER JARVINEN |