ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 AM AST WED AUG 26 1998 ...CORRECTION FOR MAXIMUM WIND AND MINIMUM PRESSURE... ...DANIELLE NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...CONTINUES ON WEST-NORTHWEST COURSE... AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 50.0 WEST OR ABOUT 750 MILES...1200 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. DANIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 22 MPH ...35 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THROUGH TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...170 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES DANIELLE A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 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 80 MILES...130 KM. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970 MB...28.82 INCHES. ALL INTERESTS IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS HURRICANE. REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...18.6 N... 50.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 22 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 105 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST. GUINEY STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC. NNNN