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TROPICAL STORM JOSE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   6A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM AST TUE OCT 19 1999

...JOSE STRENGTHENING AND APPROACHING THE LESSER ANTILLES...
 
AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HAS DISCONTINUED
THE HURRICANE WATCH FOR BARBADOS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS.
 
AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HAS CHANGED THE
HURRICANE WATCH TO A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR ST. VINCENT AND THE
GRENADINES.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE LESSER ANTILLES
FROM ANGUILLA SOUTHWARD TO ST. LUCIA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ST. VINCENT...THE
GRENADINES...AND GRENADA.
 
INTERESTS IN THE U.S. AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND PUERTO
RICO...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF JOSE.  WATCHES MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR THESE ISLANDS LATER TODAY.
 
AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 13.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  57.0 WEST OR ABOUT 170
MILES...275 KM...EAST OF BARBADOS.
 
JOSE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH...18 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  55 MPH... 90 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONDITIONS FAVOR ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING...AND JOSE IS
LIKELY TO BECOME A HURRICANE IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  50 MILES...85 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...13.5 N... 57.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 55 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
BEVEN
  
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