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BULLETIN HURRICANE FELIX ADVISORY NUMBER 29 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SAT SEP 15 2001

...FELIX MOVING EAST...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELIX WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 32.4 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 35.3 WEST OR ABOUT 640
MILES...1030 KM...SOUTHWEST OF LAJES IN THE AZORES ISLANDS.

FELIX IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 17 MPH ...28 KM/HR...  AND A
TURN BACK TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 12
HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  40 MILES... 65 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 195 MILES...315 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  975 MB...28.79 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...32.4 N...  35.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...  975 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST...SUNDAY.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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