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#6768 (Received by flhurricane at: 2:02 AM 31.Aug.2004) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HERMINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2 AM AST TUE AUG 31 2004 ...HERMINE MAKES LANDFALL NEAR NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM WOODS HOLE TO PLYMOUTH INCLUDING MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 70.9 WEST OR NEAR ROUND HILL POINT MASSACHUSETTS WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF NEW BEDFORD OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS. HERMINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 28 MPH...44 KM/HR... AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HERMINE WILL QUICKLY WEAKEN...BUT WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE SYSTEM PASSES BY. HERMINE SHOULD BECOME EXTRATROPICAL OR MERGE WITH ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES FROM THE CENTER MOSTLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES. REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...41.5 N... 71.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 28 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST. FORECASTER JARVINEN |