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TROPICAL STORM ARLENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  22A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST WED JUN 16 1999
 
...ARLENE BARELY OF TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE THIS EVENING
INDICATE THAT ARLENE HAS NOT MOVED AS FAR NORTH AS EARLIER
ESTIMATED.
 
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE
WAS RELOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  62.6 WEST
OR ABOUT 130 MILES...210 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

ARLENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH ...8
KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A TURN
TO THE NORTH ON THURSDAY.  ON THIS TRACK ARLENE IS EXPECTED TO PASS
WELL TO THE EAST OF BERMUDA.  HOWEVER...THE ISLANDS MAY STILL
EXPERIENCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.  
 
THE HURRICANE HUNTERS RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
OF 1014 MB...29.94 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...31.7 N... 62.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1014 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
PASCH
 
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