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TROPICAL STORM ISAAC ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST FRI SEP 22 2000

...TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN IN THE 
FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  28.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 285 MILES...460 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  80 MILES
...130 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...12.7 N... 28.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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