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HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST FRI AUG 28 1998

...DANIELLE EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND REMAIN OVER
OPEN WATERS DURING THE WEEKEND...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  66.5 WEST OR ABOUT 510 MILES
...820 KM...EAST OF SAN SALVADOR IN THE BAHAMAS.
 
DANIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR.
THE HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND THEN
NORTHWARD DURING THE WEEKEND.  ON THIS TRACK... DANIELLE WILL REMAIN
OVER OPEN WATERS...AWAY FROM THE UNITED STATES SOUTHEAST COAST.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS IN A SMALL AREA NEAR THE CENTER.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
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 CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
WAS 986 MB...29.12 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...23.7 N... 66.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 90
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 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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