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HURRICANE MICHAEL SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST THU OCT 19 2000

...SHIP ENCOUNTERS WINDS NEAR 100 MPH IN MICHAEL... 
 
AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MICHAEL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 44.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  58.3 WEST OR ABOUT 85
MILES...135 KM...EAST OF SABLE ISLAND. 
 
MICHAEL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 37 MPH...59 KM/HR. 
ON THIS TRACK...DANGEROUS HURRICANE MICHAEL WILL CROSS NEWFOUNDLAND
WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS PRODUCING WINDS TO HURRICANE FORCE
AND HEAVY RAINS.  ADDITIONAL LOCAL INFORMATION IS BEING PROVIDED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA.

DATA FROM A SHIP NEAR THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE INDICATE THAT THE
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  MICHAEL IS FORECAST TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL IN ABOUT 12 TO
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...44.0 N... 58.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 37 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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