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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 18A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST FRI SEP 15 2000

...FLORENCE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AND ACCELERATING...WEATHER
EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE IN BERMUDA TONIGHT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  69.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 340 MILES...545 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR.
A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
ANTICIPATED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM
TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
WAS  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...30.0 N... 69.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 
50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 MB. 
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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