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TROPICAL STORM ISAAC ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST THU SEP 21 2000

...THE NINTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS IN THE FAR 
EASTERN ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  26.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 205 MILES...330 KM...SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH
...24 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES
... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...12.5 N... 26.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 AM AST...FRIDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
  
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