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HURRICANE KARL ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT SEP 26 1998

...KARL MOVING OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KARL
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  50.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 1420 MILES...2290 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES
ISLANDS.
 
KARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 12 TO
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH 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 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  980 MB...28.94 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...31.2 N... 50.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 980 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 MIASPFAT1 AND WMO HEADER WTNT71 KNHC.
 
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