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TROPICAL STORM ISAAC ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT SEP 23 2000

...ISAAC SLOWS DOWN....FAR AWAY FROM LAND...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED
BY SATELLITE NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  32.8 WEST OR
ABOUT 1800 MILES...2895 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE  DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS OVER THE
OPEN WATERS OF THE EASTERN ATLANTIC.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS AND ISAAC COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  75 MILES...120 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...14.0 N... 32.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 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 AVILA
 
 
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