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HURRICANE ISAAC ADVISORY NUMBER  29
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST THU SEP 28 2000

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE ISAAC CONTINUES NORTHWESTWARD... 
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  53.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 820 MILES...1325 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH ...28 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ISAAC IS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  SOME ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN
STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  956 MB...28.23 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...25.6 N... 53.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 956 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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