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TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SAT SEP 02 2000

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  51.6 WEST OR ABOUT 670
MILES...1080 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
ERNESTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH ...24 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...17.4 N... 51.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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