ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER 29 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT MON AUG 31 1998 ...DANIELLE MOVING NORTHWARD WITH WINDS UP TO 100 MPH... REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE INDICATE THAT DANIELLE HAS STRENGTHENED AND IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.9 WEST OR ABOUT 285 MILES...455 KM...NORTHEAST OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS. DANIELLE IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH ...15 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE HURRICANE POSES NO THREAT TO LAND. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES... 85 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM. THE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 976 MB...28.82 INCHES. REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...29.6 N... 73.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 976 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM EDT. PASCH STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC. NNNN