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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT TUE SEP 12 2000

...FLORENCE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH...MOVING LITTLE...
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 385 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH
CAROLINA... AND ABOUT 500 MILES...800 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND LITTLE MOVEMENT IS EXPECTED TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN WINDS WOULD MAKE FLORENCE A HURRICANE.
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE WILL INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM
LATER THIS MORNING. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  993 MB...29.32 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...30.2 N... 72.8 W.  MOVEMENT...
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 993 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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