[FLARES] TROPICAL STORM WILFRED ADVISORY NUMBER 5

Wed, 23 Apr 2003 11:00:02 -0400 (EDT)

This is an Exercise Message - Repeating this is only an Exercise

ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC 231500
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM WILFRED ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST WED APR 23 2003

..DRILL! SEVENTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS IN THE EASTERN
ATLANTIC... 

SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE
EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC HAS STRENGTHENED INTO TROPICAL STORM
WILFRED.  THE NAME IS FRENCH AND IS PRONOUNCED...ZHORZH.

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF THE NEWLY-FORMED TROPICAL STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  32.4 WEST OR ABOUT
620 MILES...1000 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.

WILFRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 40 MPH... 65
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES
..110 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...10.5 N... 32.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.

AVILA

STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC.

NNNN
NNNN

The Forecast/Advisory for this Time is available at:
http://wxsvr.net/tmp/231500m.txt
Also a graphical aprs plot of the Forecast is at:
http://wxsvr.net/tmp/231500.png

This is an Exercise Message - Repeating this is only an Exercise