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TROPICAL STORM BONNIE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  7A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST FRI AUG 21 1998
 
...BONNIES CONTINUES ON A WEST-NORTHWEST TRACK...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. AND BRITISH
VIRGIN ISLANDS.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO
RICO...THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS.

AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE GOVERNMENTS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA...AND
THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES HAVE DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM
WATCHES FOR ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...ANGUILLA...ST. MAARTEN...SABA...ST.
EUSTATIUS.
 
AT 8 AM AST...RADAR FROM PUERTO RICO LOCATES THE CENTER OF TROPICAL
STORM BONNIE NEAR LATITUDE 20.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.6 WEST OR ABOUT
150 MILES...240 KM...NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.
 
BONNIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 22 MPH...35 KM/HR. 
A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALLS.  AN AIR FORCE PLANE CURRENTLY
APPROACHING BONNIE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHORTLY. 
SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM
...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH BONNIE CONTINUE SPREADING ACROSS THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE BRITISH AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND PUERTO
RICO PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...20.2 N... 64.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 22 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
AVILA
 
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