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TROPICAL STORM ALEX ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED JUL 29 1998

...CORRECTED STORM DISTANCE TO LESSER ANTILLES TO 1175 MILES...

...TROPICAL STORM ALEX OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC MOVING
   WESTWARD...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALEX WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 13.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  41.9 WEST OR ABOUT 1175 MILES
...1900 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.

ALEX IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH ...26 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...13.9 N... 41.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD... WEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 PM AST.
 
GUINEY/LAWRENCE
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT71 KNHC.
 
 
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