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TROPICAL STORM KEITH INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  7A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT SAT SEP 30 2000

...KEITH NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA FROM CABO CATOCHE MEXICO SOUTHWARD TO THE MEXICO/BELIZE
BORDER. 

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM
BELIZE CITY NORTHWARD TO THE MEXICO/BELIZE BORDER.
 
ALL INTERESTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
 
AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KEITH
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  86.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 125 MILES...205 KM...EAST OF CHETUMAL MEXICO AND ABOUT 155
MILES...250 KM...SOUTH OF COZUMEL MEXICO.
 
KEITH HAS BEEN DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND LITTLE MOTION IS
EXPECTED THIS MORNING.  A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS
ANTICIPATED LATER TODAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
KEITH WILL LIKELY BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY. AN AIR FORCE PLANE
WILL BE IN THE AREA LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES. 
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...18.2 N... 86.4 W.  MOVEMENT
DRIFTING WEST NORTHWEST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 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
11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA/PASCH 
 
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