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HURRICANE FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SAT SEP 11 1999
 
...FLOYD A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...

INTERESTS IN THE BAHAMAS AND THE SOUTHEAST U.S. SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS HURRICANE OVER THE WEEKEND.
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOYD WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 22.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  62.4 WEST OR ABOUT 350
MILES...560 KM...NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR.  A TURN
TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THIS MAKES FLOYD A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE
TODAY.  
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  75 MILES...120 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
THE MOST RECENT MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS  962 MB...28.41 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...22.2 N... 62.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 962 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 MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
 
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