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HURRICANE MICHAEL ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT WED OCT 18 2000

...MICHAEL MOVING AWAY FROM THE UNITED STATES...
 
INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF MICHAEL.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MICHAEL
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  70.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 315 MILES...510 KM...WEST OF BERMUDA.
 
MICHAEL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  9 MPH
...15 KM/HR...AND A TURN TWOARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  986 MB...29.12 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...31.7 N... 70.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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