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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT TUE SEP 12 2000

...FLORENCE NEARLY STATIONARY WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  73.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 515 MILES...830 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA...AND ABOUT
365 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS.
 
FLORENCE IS NEARLY STATIONARY.  THE MOTION OF FLORENCE IS EXPECTED
TO BE SLOW AND ERRATIC FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT THIS MORNING FOUND
THAT FLORENCE IS STILL A TROPICAL STORM.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND FLORENCE
COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 
991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...30.4 N... 73.1 W.  MOVEMENT
STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE... 991 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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