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HURRICANE CINDY ADVISORY NUMBER  39
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SAT AUG 28 1999
 
...CINDY A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE...

CINDY HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN THIS MORNING AND IS NOW A CATEGORY
FOUR HURRICANE...THE SECOND OF THE SEASON TO REACH THIS INTENSITY.

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CINDY
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  58.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 410 MILES...655 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
CINDY IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH
...15 KM/HR...AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED BY TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...220 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...140 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 315 MILES...510 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  944 MB...27.88 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...30.4 N... 58.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...140 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 944 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM AST.
 
FRANKLIN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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