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HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED AUG 26 1998

...DANIELLE WEAKENING...EXPECTED TO PASS WELL NORTH OF THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.4 WEST OR ABOUT 640 MILES
...1030 KM...EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
DANIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH...33
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 24
HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF DANIELLE WILL BE PASSING WELL TO
THE NORTH OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS ON THURSDAY.
 
DANIELLE HAS WEAKENED DURING THE DAY AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...IN A SMALL AREA NEAR THE
CENTER WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AN AIR FORCE PLANE WILL REACH
DANIELLE TONIGHT AND WILL GIVE A BETTER ESTIMATE OF THE INTENSITY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO  80 MILES...130 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  979 MB...28.91 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...20.1 N... 53.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 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 MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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