ZCZC MIAWRKAP1 LOC
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
HURRICANE CLAUDETTE ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
6 AM AST MON SEP 09 1991

...HURRICANE MOVING AWAY FROM BERMUDA...
 
AT 6 AM AST...1000Z...THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  61.0 WEST OR ABOUT 230 MILES...370
KM...EAST NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.  REPORTS FROM BERMUDA INDICATE THAT
ONLY THE FRINGES OF THE HURRICANE AFFECTED THE ISLAND.
 
CLAUDETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR...
AND A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND TURN TOWARD THE EAST IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...AND
SOME WEAKENING IS LIKELY 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.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
WAS  976 MB...28.82 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 6 AM AST POSITION...33.5 N... 61.0 W.  MOVEMENT
...NORTHEASTWARD NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 976 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT NOON AST.
 
LAWRENCE