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WTNT31 KNHC 310229 TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GRACE ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 10 PM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS COAST FROM HIGH ISLAND TO CORPUS CHRISTI. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE VERY POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GRACE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.5 WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. GRACE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH ...17...

HURRICANE FABIAN DISCUSSION NUMBER 12 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003 SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE CLOUD PATTERN OF FABIAN CONTINUES TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED. THERE ARE GOOD CENTRAL AND BANDING FEATURES...THE OUTFLOW REMAINS WELL ESTABLISHED AND MORE SIGNIFICANTLY...AN EYE FEATURE IS BECOMING APPARENT ON VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES. INITIAL INTENSITY HAS BEEN INCREASED TO 85 KNOTS BASED ON DVORAK T-NUMBERS OF 5.0 AND 4.5 FROM TAFB...SAB AND KGWC...RESPECTIVELY. THIS MAKES FABIAN A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. FABIAN IS MOVING OVER WARM WATER AND INTO LOW SHEAR. THEREFORE... ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING...