ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE GEORGES ADVISORY NUMBER 13 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 11 AM AST FRI SEP 18 1998 ...GEORGES REACHES 100 MPH WINDS...BECOMING A THREAT TO THE LESSER ANTILLES... A HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES LATER TODAY. AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE GEORGES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 46.6 WEST OR ABOUT 960 MILES... 1545 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. GEORGES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE REACHED 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GEORGES IS CURRENTLY A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE AND IS FORECAST TO STRENGHTEN INTO A CATEGORY THREE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES... 45 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 978 MB...28.88 INCHES. INTERESTS IN THE LESSER ANTILLES SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS HURRICANE. REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...13.1 N... 46.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 21 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 978 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 MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC. NNNN