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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2000
 
...FLORENCE STRENGTHENS...ALMOST A HURRICANE...

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS...AND 500
MILES...805 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH
... 9 KM/HR.  HOWEVER...THE MOTION OF FLORENCE IS EXPECTED TO BE
SLOW AND ERRATIC OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
 
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATING
FLORENCE THIS AFTERNOON FOUND WINDS OF CLOSE TO HURRICANE FORCE. 
THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS...BUT ONLY A SMALL INCREASE WOULD MAKE FLORENCE A
HURRICANE.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...30.0 N... 72.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST SOUTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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