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TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO ADVISORY NUMBER  5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SAT SEP 02 2000

...ERNESTO STRUGGLING TO STAY ALIVE...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
ERNESTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 520 MILES...840 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
ERNESTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...18.4 N... 53.8 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 AM AST...SUNDAY.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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