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DISORGANIZED CLAUDETTE MOVING NORTHWEST ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO (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 11, 2003 � The NOAA National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., reports that NOAA satellite imagery indicates that the center of Tropical Storm Claudette is poorly defined and elongated from east-northeast to west-southwest. At 5 p.m. EDT, the center of Claudette was located near latitude 22.4 north, longitude 88.7 west or about 150 miles northwest of Cancun, Mexico. Claudette is moving toward the northwest near 14 mph, and this general motion is expected to continue with some decrease in forward speed for the next 24 hours. (Click NOAA satellite image for larger view of Tropical Storm Claudette taken by the NOAA GOES-10 environmental satellite at 2 p.m. EDT on July 11, 2003. Click here for high resolution version, which is a large file. Please credit “NOAA.”)
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 24 hours. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 115 miles from the center. (Click NOAA tracking map for larger view of Tropical Storm Claudette.)
Estimated minimum central pressure is 1009 mb, 29.80 inches.
Some locally heavy rains may occur over portions of the Yucatan Peninsula and western Cuba. At 5 p.m. EDT, the government of Mexico discontinued all tropical storm warnings for the Yucatan Peninsula.
For storm information specific to your area, please monitor products issued by NOAA National Weather Service local forecast offices. (Click NOAA satellite image for larger view of Tropical Storm Claudette taken by the NOAA GOES-10 environmental satellite at 2 p.m. EDT on July 11, 2003. Click here for high resolution version, which is a large file. Please credit “NOAA.”) NOAA is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and providing environmental stewardship of the nation�s coastal and marine resources. NOAA is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Relevant Web Sites
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