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HURRICANE ISAAC ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED SEP 27 2000
 
...ISAAC REGAINS MAJOR HURRICANE STATUS BUT IS NO THREAT TO LAND...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  51.0 WEST OR ABOUT 915
MILES...1695 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...WHICH MAKES ISAAC A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  SOME FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...23.2 N... 51.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...THURSDAY.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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