HOME	PRODUCTS	FORECASTS	IMAGERY	ABOUT TPC	RECONNAISSANCE

ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
HURRICANE FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT SEP 16 2000
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA HAS CHANGED THEIR
HURRICANE WARNING TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLORENCE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 33.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  65.2 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES
...110 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR.  THE
HURRICANE IS AT ITS POINT OF CLOSEST APPROACH TO BERMUDA AND THIS
MOTION SHOULD NOW MOVE FLORENCE AWAY FROM BERMUDA AND INTO THE FAR
NORTH ATLANTIC.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES... 95 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 145 MILES...230 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...33.2 N... 65.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
AST.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
NNNN