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| #6789 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:44 AM 31.Aug.2004) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GASTON ADVISORY NUMBER 15 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT TUE AUG 31 2004 ...GASTON MOVING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES... AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.8 WEST OR ABOUT 75 MILES... 125 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY. GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH ...30 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES ... 85 KM TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. SOME RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH GASTON WILL LINGER OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES THIS MORNING. REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...38.4 N... 73.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM EDT. FORECASTER BEVEN |
