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Tropical Storm IKE (Text)


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TROPICAL STORM IKE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL092008
500 AM AST TUE SEP 02 2008
 
...IKE MOVING WESTWARD ACROSS THE OPEN TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN...

AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IKE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 43.1 WEST OR ABOUT 1235 MILES
...1985 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND A MOTION
TOWARD THE WEST OR WEST-NORTHWEST AT ABOUT THE SAME SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...18.6 N...43.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER LANDSEA/PASCH
 
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