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HURRICANE MICHAEL ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT TUE OCT 17 2000

...MICHAEL BECOMES THE EIGHTH HURRICANE OF THE SEASON...
 
INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF MICHAEL.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE INDICATE THAT
MICHAEL HAS STRENGTHENED...AND IS NOW A HURRICANE.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MICHAEL
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  71.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 400 MILES...645 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
MICHAEL HAS BEEN DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 3 MPH ... 6
KM/HR...AND A SLOW NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 105 MILES...165 KM.
 
THE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
988 MB...29.18 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...30.2 N... 71.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 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
11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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