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TROPICAL STORM GORDON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  8A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT SAT SEP 16 2000
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA WEST
COAST FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO THE SUWANEE RIVER.  THIS WATCH
MAY BE EXTENDED NORTH AND WESTWARD LATER THIS MORNING.
 
AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  86.6 WEST OR ABOUT
310 MILES...500 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA.  AN AIR
FORCE PLANE WILL BE IN THE AREA SHORTLY TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF
GORDON.
 
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR  9 MPH...15 KM/HR
... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
GORDON COULD BECOME A HURRICANE TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS AIRCRAFT IS  997 MB...29.44
INCHES.  
DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST...ALL COASTAL INTERESTS ALONG
THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM FLORIDA TO LOUISIANA SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM.
 
HEAVY RAINS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF WESTERN
CUBA.  LESSER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS
OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE KEYS.
  
REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...23.7 N... 86.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA 
 
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