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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  25
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SUN SEP 17 2000

...FLORENCE RACING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  56.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 415 MILES...665 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE
NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 36 MPH
...57 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF FLORENCE WOULD
PASS NEAR EASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 290 MILES
...465 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...41.3 N... 56.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 36 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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