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TROPICAL STORM LESLIE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT THU OCT 05 2000

...SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS...ACQUIRES MORE TROPICAL
CHARACTERISTICS...AND IS NAMED LESLIE...

...INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF LESLIE...

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH THE SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION
HAVE GRADUALLY BEEN GETTING CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. 
THIS INDICATES THAT THE SYSTEM IS BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE.  THE
AIRCRAFT ALSO REPORTED THAT THE WINDS HAVE REACHED THE THRESHHOLD OF
A TROPICAL STORM SO THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN NAMED LESLIE.

AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LESLIE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  76.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 700 MILES...1125 KM...WEST OF BERMUDA.
 
LESLIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A TURN TO THE EAST-
NORTHEAST TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...30.4 N... 76.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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