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Hurricane ALEX (Text)

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HURRICANE ALEX ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST THU AUG 05 2004
 
...ALEX CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE OUT TO SEA...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ALEX WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 41.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 57.6 WEST OR ABOUT 410 MILES... 660
KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
ALEX IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH ...56 KM/HR.
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS ALEX MOVES
OVER COLDER WATERS NORTH OF THE GULF STREAM.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 345 MILES...555 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  957 MB...28.26 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...41.7 N... 57.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...120 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 957 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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