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Hurricane FABIAN (Text)

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HURRICANE FABIAN ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST TUE SEP 02 2003
 
...FABIAN BYPASSING THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FABIAN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 60.4 WEST OR ABOUT 200
MILES...320 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BARBUDA IN THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS.
 
FABIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH ...17
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF FABIAN IS EXPECTED TO
PASS WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS TODAY AND
TONIGHT. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...220 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE COMMON IN MAJOR HURRICANES AND
THESE COULD OCCUR DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 150 MILES...240 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  945 MB...27.91 INCHES.
 
LARGE SWELLS AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL BE AFFECTING THE
NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND PUERTO RICO OVER
THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...20.3 N... 60.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...140 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 945 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN/MAINELLI
 
 
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