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HURRICANE FELIX ADVISORY NUMBER  26
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT SEP 15 2001

...FELIX CONTINUES MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELIX WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 31.6 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 40.7 WEST OR ABOUT 850 MILES...
1370 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.

FELIX IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH ...24
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
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 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  970 MB...28.64 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...31.6 N... 40.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...105 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.

FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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