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TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SUN SEP 03 2000

...ERNESTO REMAINS A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM...NO THREAT TO LAND...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  55.5 WEST OR ABOUT 
425 MILES...685 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
ERNESTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH
...28 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.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
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 5 AM AST POSITION...18.9 N... 55.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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