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HURRICANE IVAN ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST THU SEP 24 1998

...HURRICANE IVAN MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST OVER THE EASTERN
ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IVAN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  41.6 WEST
OR ABOUT 890 MILES...1430 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES ISLANDS.
 
IVAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY
WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING 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  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...31.6 N... 41.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 80 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
JARVINEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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