Hurricane KARL

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HURRICANE KARL ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST TUE SEP 21 2004
 
...DANGEROUS HURRICANE KARL NOW MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD...NO
THREAT TO LAND...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KARL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 20.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 47.5 WEST OR ABOUT 1025
MILES...1650 KM... EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

KARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...220 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  KARL IS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE SCALE.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  940 MB...27.76 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...20.1 N... 47.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 940 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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