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TROPICAL STORM ARLENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  23A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM AST THU JUN 17 1999

...CORRECTED FOR DATE...

...ARLENE NEAR CLOSEST APPROACH TO BERMUDA...BARELY A TROPICAL
STORM...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA. THE WARNING
WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TODAY.
 
AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 90 MILES...145 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.
 
ARLENE HAS MOVED SOMEWHAT FASTER THE PAST FEW HOURS AND IS NOW
MOVING NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. A TURN TO THE NORTH AND AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF
ARLENE WILL PASS EAST OF BERMUDA THIS MORNING AND MOVE AWAY FROM THE
ISLAND LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ARLENE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER
TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES...205 KM
FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1015 MB...29.97 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...32.3 N... 63.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1015 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST.
 
BEVEN/GUINEY
  
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