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TROPICAL STORM ISAAC ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SAT SEP 23 2000

...ISAAC FAR FROM LAND...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  33.7 WEST.  THIS
POSITION IN IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN AND ABOUT 1800
MILES...2895 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  70
MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING
IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND ISAAC COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...14.4 N... 33.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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