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| #6693 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:11 PM 30.Aug.2004) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HERMINE ADVISORY NUMBER 5 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM AST MON AUG 30 2004 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM WOODS HOLE TO PLYMOUTH INCLUDING MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.3 WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES... 340 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS. HERMINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR...AND TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE STORM MOVES OVER COLDER WATER AND BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL. HOWEVER 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS COULD BRIEFLY AFFECT THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES ...230 KM...MAINLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...38.4 N... 71.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 21 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM AST. FORECASTER LAWRENCE |
