000
WTNT34 KNHC 100234
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT WED JUL 09 2003

...CLAUDETTE REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA 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.
 
INTERESTS IN BELIZE AND THE REMAINDER OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CLAUDETTE.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  81.0 WEST OR ABOUT
205 MILES...335 KM...SOUTH OF GRAND CAYMAN.
 
CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR. THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 12 HOURS WITH A
GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES ...260 KM
PRIMARILY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING
WAVES ARE PROBABLY 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 THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN CUBA. WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOULD
BEGIN TO IMPROVE IN JAMAICA.

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...16.3 N... 81.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 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 EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
EDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA