National Hurricane Center (NHC) – At 500 AM AST (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Jose was located near latitude 28.8 North, longitude 52.2 West.

Jose is moving toward the north near 5 mph (7 km/h) and this general motion with an increase in forward speed is expected to continue for the next day or so before the system is absorbed by Franklin.

Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast over the next day or so, with the small system forecast to be absorbed by Franklin by the weekend.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles (75 km) from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1011 mb (29.86 inches).







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