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TROPICAL STORM ALEX ADVISORY NUMBER  22
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT AUG 01 1998

...RECONNAISSANCE PLANE FINDS WINDS TO 50 MPH NORTH OF ALEX...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALEX WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 18.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  56.2 WEST OR ABOUT 290
MILES...470 KM...EAST NORTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.

ALEX IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR.  ON
THIS TRACK ALEX WILL BE PASSING NORTH OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS ON
SUNDAY WITH MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND SQUALLS OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC.
 
DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO THE NORTH
OF THE CENTER.  A SHIP REPORTED WINDS THAT INDICATE GUSTS TO NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE ABOUT 150 MILES TO NORTH OF THE CENTER IN THE AREA
OF HEAVY SHOWERS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES
...240 KM TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...18.1 N... 56.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT71 KNHC.
 
 
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