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HURRICANE NICOLE ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST MON NOV 30 1998

...NICHOLE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NICOLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 34.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  39.8 WEST OR ABOUT 605 MILES
...970 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTERNMOST AZORES.
 
NICOLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH
A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS TRACK TROPICAL STORM-
FORCE WINDS COULD SPREAD OVER THE AZORES ON TUESDAY.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO BEGIN DURING THE NEXT 12 
TO 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 230 MILES...370 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...34.1 N... 39.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 PM AST.
 
GUINEY
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
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