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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SAT SEP 16 2000

...FLORENCE RACING NORTHEASTWARD...WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  58.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 510 MILES...815 KM...SOUTHEAST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 31 MPH
...50 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  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 290 MILES
...465 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...38.9 N... 58.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 31 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...SUNDAY.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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