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TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE WEAKENS AS QUICKLY AS IT INTENSIFIES (See the NOAA National Hurricane Center for the latest information on this storm. Complete advisories are posted at 11 a.m., 5 p.m., 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. All times are Eastern. Advisories are posted more frequently as the storm nears the USA mainland.) July 10, 2003 � The NOAA National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., reports that at 11 p.m. EDT the poorly defined center of Tropical Storm Claudette was estimated near latitude 20.0 north, longitude 85.8 west or about 80 miles east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. Claudette is moving toward the northwest near 16 mph. On this track the center of Claudette will be moving over northeastern Yucatan within the next 6 to 12 hours. (Click NOAA satellite image for larger view of Tropical Storm Claudette taken at 11:15 p.m. EDT on July 10, 2003. Please credit “NOAA.”)
Maximum sustained winds are barely 50 mph with higher gusts in rainbands to the east of the center. No significant change in strength is forecast before the center moves over Yucatan. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 140 miles to the north and east of the center.
Estimated minimum central pressure is 1008 mb, 29.77 inches. Tides of 3 to 5 feet above normal, accompanied by large and dangerous battering waves, are possible in the tropical storm warning area near and to the north of where the center crosses the coast. Storm total rainfalls of 4 to 8 inches are likely in association with Claudette. (Click NOAA tracking map for larger view of Tropical Storm Claudette.) At 11 p.m. EDT, the government of Mexico replaced the hurricane warning with a tropical storm warning. A tropical storm warning is now in effect from Chetumal northward around the Yucatan Peninsula to Campeche. The tropical storm warning from Belize City northward to the Belize-Mexico border has been discontinued. The tropical storm warning and the tropical storm watch for the Cayman Islands have been discontinued.
Interests elsewhere in Belize, the Yucatan Peninsula and western Cuba should monitor the progress of Claudette.
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