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Hurricane ALEX (Text)

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HURRICANE ALEX ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT WED AUG 04 2004
 
...ALEX REGAINS 105 MPH WINDS...CATEGORY TWO INTENSITY...

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALEX WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 37.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  67.5 WEST OR ABOUT 980 MILES...1575
KM...SW OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
ALEX IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR.
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A
GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
12 HOURS...WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING THEREAFTER.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 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 PM EDT POSITION...37.9 N... 67.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...105 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER KNABB/AVILA
 
 
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