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HURRICANE ISAAC ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT SEP 30 2000
 
...ISAAC SLOWLY WEAKENING OVER OPEN WATERS...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 36.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.5 OR ABOUT 1365 MILES...2195
KM...WEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES ISLAND.
 
ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR.  SOME
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST TODAY AND TONIGHT.  ISAAC IS FORECAST
TO LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON SUNDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  975 MB...28.79 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...36.3 N... 53.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 90 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 975 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER RAPPAPORT
 
 
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