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HURRICANE FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT SEP 16 2000

...FLORENCE RACING NORTHEASTWARD...THREAT TO NEWFOUNDLAND...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  60.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 740 MILES...1195 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE
NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 36 MPH
...57 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF FLORENCE WOULD
PASS NEAR EASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 290 MILES...465 KM TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...37.4 N... 60.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 36 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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