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TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT SUN SEP 16 2001

...GABRIELLE STRENGTHENS SLIGHTLY AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM 
THE U.S. EAST COAST...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.1 WEST OR 
ABOUT 255 MILES...415 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH
CAROLINA.  THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 555 MILES...890 KM...WEST OF BERMUDA.
 
GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH
...32 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING 
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  GABRIELLE MAY BECOME EXTRATROPICAL DURING
THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS AS IT INTERACTS WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT EARLIER REPORTED THAT THE 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...31.9 N... 74.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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