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TROPICAL STORM KARL ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST THU SEP 24 1998
 
...KARL SLOWING DOWN AND MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KARL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 32.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  57.3 WEST OR ABOUT 1670
MILES...2690 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES ISLANDS.
 
KARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH...19
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...32.3 N... 57.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
RAPPAPORT
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT71 KNHC.
 
 
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