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TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT SEP 02 2000

...THE FIFTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE ATLANTIC SEASON DEVELOPS EAST 
OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  49.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 740 MILES...1190 KM...EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
ERNESTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH
...22 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...16.1 N... 49.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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