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HURRICANE CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
6 PM AST FRI SEP 06 1991
 
...CLAUDETTE RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES...

AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT AIRCRAFT RECENTLY PENETRATED THE HURRICANE
AND FOUND THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 115
MPH...185 KM/HR.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS LIKELY TONIGHT.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO  70 MILES...110 KM.  THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS  961 MB...28.38 INCHES.

AT 6 PM AST...2200Z...THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  60.3 WEST OR ABOUT 475 MILES
...765 KM...SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH
...17 KM/HR...AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO TAKE
PLACE TONIGHT OR SATURDAY.

RESIDENTS OF BERMUDA ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS
OF THIS STRONG HURRICANE.  IF THE TRACK OF THE HURRICANE BRINGS IT
NEAR BERMUDA...HURRICANE CONDITIONS COULD AFFECT THE ISLAND AS EARLY
AS SUNDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 6 PM AST POSITION...26.7 N... 60.3 W.  MOVEMENT...
WEST NORTHWESTWARD NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 961 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 1030 PM AST.
 
LAWRENCE