ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER 17 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 11 AM AST FRI AUG 28 1998 ...DANIELLE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER OPEN WATERS AT THIS TIME... AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.2 WEST OR ABOUT 330 MILES ...535 KM...NORTH OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO. DANIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR ...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST THEREAFTER. ON THIS TRACK DANIELLE WILL BE MOVING OVER OPEN WATERS DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. DANIELLE IS A SMALL HURRICANE AND THE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES... 55 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM. LATEST MINIMUM PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 988 MB...29.17 INCHES. REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...23.2 N... 65.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 90 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST. AVILA STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC. NNNN