CLAUDETTE

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a.k.a. 04L or AL200304

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1. Advisory 5A

WTNT34 KNHC 092347
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2003
 
...CLAUDETTE ON A WESTWARD HEADING...NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT
FROM CHETUMAL TO CABO CATOCHE MEXICO.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAND CAYMAN. 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LITTLE CAYMAN AND
CAYMAN BRAC.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS
DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR JAMAICA.

INTERESTS IN BELIZE AND THE REMAINDER OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CLAUDETTE.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE
WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE NEAR LATITUDE
16.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  80.2 WEST OR ABOUT 230 MILES...375
KM...SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF GRAND CAYMAN.
 
CLAUDETTE IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 22 MPH...35
KM/HR.  A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH A
GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  UPPER-LEVEL WINDS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE FAVORABLE
FOR STRENGTHENING.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160
MILES...260 KM TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
WAS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES ARE OCCURRING ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF JAMAICA
AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
 
STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN
ASSOCIATION WITH CLAUDETTE.  RAINBANDS ARE SPREADING OVER
JAMAICA AND EASTERN CUBA AT THIS TIME...AND THESE BANDS SHOULD
REACH THE CAYMAN ISLANDS TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...16.1 N...80.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 24 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 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 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 


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3. Advisory 8 (11 AM EDT 7/10)

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WTNT34 KNHC 101431
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003

...CLAUDETTE STRENGTHENS...HURRICANE WARNINGS ISSUED FOR THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED
A HURRICANE WARNING ON THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
FROM CHETUMAL TO CABO CATOCHE...AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
ALONG THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN COASTS OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
FROM CABO CATOCHE TO CAMPECHE.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE HAS ISSUED
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM BELIZE CITY NORTHWARD TO THE
BELIZE-MEXICO BORDER.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAND CAYMAN. 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LITTLE CAYMAN AND
CAYMAN BRAC.  THESE WARNINGS COULD BE DISCONTINUED LATER
TODAY.
 
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN BELIZE AND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CLAUDETTE.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE
THAT CLAUDETTE HAS STRENGTHENED AND RE-ORGANIZED A LITTLE TO
THE NORTH OF THE PREVIOUS ADVISORY POSITION.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  83.6 WEST OR
ABOUT 275 MILES...445 KM...SOUTHEAST OF COZUMEL MEXICO.
 
CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER OF
CLAUDETTE NEAR OR OVER THE NORTHEASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE
TONIGHT OR FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  70 MPH...110
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND CLAUDETTE COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160
MILES...260 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTH THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  993 MB...29.32 INCHES.

ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS WAVES ALONG THE
SOUTH COASTS OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
LATER TODAY.
 
STORM TOTAL RAINFALLS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN
ASSOCIATION WITH CLAUDETTE.  SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS OUTER
RAINBANDS OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND PORTIONS OF CUBA AT THIS
TIME.

REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...17.8 N... 83.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 993 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 2 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN

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5. Glad I'm not on the Gulf

but Cape Fear gets it's fair share. I'm sure we'll see one this year. I just hope it's not Labor Day, when I plan to be enjoying the beach again! :P