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HURRICANE MITCH ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT SAT OCT 24 1998
 
...MITCH STRENGTHENS RAPIDLY INTO A HURRICANE...

AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF THE PARTIALLY FORMED EYE OF
HURRICANE MITCH WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 
77.7 WEST OR ABOUT 255 MILES...415 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF KINGSTON
JAMAICA.
 
MITCH IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH... 9 KM/HR.  A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
DATA FROM RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR  90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST TODAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO  85 MILES...140 KM...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED FROM RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT WAS  988 MB...29.18 INCHES.
 
INTERESTS IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF MITCH.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH OR A HURRICANE WATCH
COULD BE ISSUED FOR JAMAICA LATER TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...14.3 N... 77.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 90
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.
 
RAPPAPORT
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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