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TROPICAL STORM JOSE ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST FRI OCT 22 1999

...JOSE MOVING NORTHWARD...
 
ALL INTERESTS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF JOSE.
  
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 21.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  65.7 WEST OR ABOUT 190 MILES
...300 KM..NORTH OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.
 
JOSE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH ...19 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A
GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH JOSE ARE PRODUCING SHOWERS AND SQUALLS
OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.  ST. MAARTEN REPORTED
NEAR 14 INCHES OF RAIN AND VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...21.2 N... 65.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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