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Hurricane MARIA (Text)

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HURRICANE MARIA ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED SEP 07 2005

...MARIA MOVING NORTHESTWARD THROUGH THE OPEN ATLANTIC...EXPECTED TO
LOST TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MARIA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 37.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  49.4 WEST OR ABOUT  940
MILES...1515 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1220
MILES...1965 KM...WEST OF THE AZORES.
 
MARIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
MARIA SHOULD LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON THURSDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...140 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  982 MB...29.00 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...37.5 N... 49.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 982 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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