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#6751 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:42 PM 30.Aug.2004) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HERMINE ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 PM AST MON AUG 30 2004 ...HERMINE NEARING LANDFALL... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS FROM WOODS HOLE TO PLYMOUTH INCLUDING MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 71.1 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES... 45 KM... SOUTHWEST OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD MASSACHUSETTS. HERMINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 28 MPH...44 KM/HR... AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK HERMINE WILL MAKE LANDFALL ON THE MASSACHUSETTS MAINLAND IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. AFTER LANDFALL HERMINE WILL QUICKLY WEAKEN...BUT WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE SYSTEM PASSES BY. HERMINE SHOULD BECOME EXTRATROPICAL OR MERGE WITH ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES FROM THE CENTER MOSTLY TO THE SOUTHEAST. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES. REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...41.1 N... 71.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 28 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 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 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM AST. FORECASTER JARVINEN |