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Hurricane DANNY (Text)

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HURRICANE DANNY ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST FRI JUL 18 2003
 
...DANNY BECOMES THE SECOND HURRICANE OF THE 2003 SEASON...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANNY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 39.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  52.7 WEST OR ABOUT 525 MILES...840
KM...SOUTH OF ST. JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
DANNY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR. THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A TURN
TO THE EAST THEREAFTER.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES DANNY THE SECOND HURRICANE OF THE
ATLANTIC 2003 SEASON. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  15 MILES... 30 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO  85 MILES...140 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...39.6 N... 52.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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