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TROPICAL STORM MICHAEL ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT TUE OCT 17 2000

...MICHAEL STRENGTHENING...
 
INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF MICHAEL.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MICHAEL
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  71.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 405 MILES...650 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
MICHAEL HAS BEEN MEANDERING BUT IS NEARLY STATIONARY.  A SLOW NORTH-
NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE WILL INVESTIGATE THE STORM LATER
TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES
... 75 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...29.8 N... 71.0 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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