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TROPICAL STORM ANDREW ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE AUG 18 1992
 
...ANDREW SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING BUT STILL HAS POTENTIAL FOR
DEVELOPMENT...

SATELLITE PICTURES DURING THE AFTERNOON INDICATE THAT ANDREW HAS
BEEN SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING WITH SOME REDUCTION IN FORWARD
SPEED.  A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE THE
SYSTEM TOMORROW MORNING.

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ANDREW WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  52.8 WEST OR ABOUT 560
MILES ...900 KM... EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
ANDREW IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH
...32 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...AND
LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY TONIGHT.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...15.9 N... 52.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 PM AST.
 
GERRISH