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HURRICANE FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT TUE SEP 12 2000

...FLORENCE STILL A MINIMAL HURRICANE...BUT NO THREAT TO LAND...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLORENCE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  73.9 WEST OR ABOUT 310 MILES
...500 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA...AND
540 MILES...870 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH...7 KM/HR.  THE
MOTION OF FLORENCE IS EXPECTED TO SLOW AND ERRATIC DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS...WITH A POSSIBLE TURN TO THE NORTHEAST LATE ON WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
MAINLY NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES. 
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...31.0 N... 73.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM EDT...WEDNESDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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