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HURRICANE JEANNE ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE SEP 22 1998
 
...JEANNE BECOMES A HURRICANE...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 13.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  26.0 WEST OR ABOUT 115
MILES...185 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
JEANNE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...28
KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.
 
SATELLITE PICTURES SHOWED AN EYE FORMING IN JEANNE EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND IT IS NOW ESTIMATED THAT JEANNE IS A HURRICANE WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...AND HIGHER
GUSTS.  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.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...13.5 N... 26.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
RAPPAPORT
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
 
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