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HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST THU AUG 27 1998

...DANIELLE CONTINUES TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST...PASSING WELL NORTH
OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  57.7 WEST OR ABOUT 395 MILES
...635 KM...EAST NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
DANIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH ...32
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK DANIELLE WILL BE PASSING WELL NORTH OF THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ANOTHER
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL BE IN THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  993 MB...29.32 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...20.8 N... 57.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 90 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 993 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM 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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