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TROPICAL STORM ARLENE ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED JUN 16 1999

...ARLENE DRIFTING...BARELY A TROPICAL STORM...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  62.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 120 MILES...195 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
ARLENE IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR  2 MPH
... 4 KM/HR...AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF ARLENE WILL REMAIN
WELL 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.  ARLENE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON
THURSDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES...205 KM
FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST.
 
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1015 MB...29.97 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...31.8 N... 62.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1015 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
AST...THURSDAY.
 
PASCH
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT71 KNHC.
 
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