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TROPICAL STORM LENNY SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
215 PM EST SUN NOV 14 1999
 
...DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS INTO TROPICAL STORM LENNY...

THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA WILL SOON ISSUE A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
AND A HURRICANE WATCH FOR JAMAICA.
 
AT 215 PM EST...1915Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LENNY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  79.3 WEST OR ABOUT 200
MILES...320 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA.
 
LENNY IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR  6 MPH ... 9 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
A U.S. AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATED THAT MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND LENNY
COULD BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF THE
STORM.  THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND PORTIONS OF JAMAICA THE MOST LIKELY
AREAS TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS RAIN TODAY.
  
REPEATING THE 215 PM EST POSITION...16.4 N... 79.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 PM EST.
 
LAWRENCE
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT71 KNHC.
 
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