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Hurricane DANIELLE


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HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN AUG 15 2004

...DANIELLE NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE SCALE...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 15.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  33.9 WEST OR ABOUT  635
MILES...1020 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
DANIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH
...26 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
INCREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  975 MB...28.79 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...15.4 N... 33.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...100 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 975 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER RHOME/PASCH
 
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