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HURRICANE MICHAEL ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST THU OCT 19 2000
 
...MICHAEL EXPECTED TO CROSS NEWFOUNDLAND DURING THE NEXT FEW
HOURS...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE MICHAEL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 46.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  57.0 WEST OR ABOUT 75 MILES
120 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ST PIERRE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
MICHAEL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 52 MPH...83 KM/HR. 
ON THIS TRACK...POWERFUL HURRICANE MICHAEL WILL BE CROSSING
NEWFOUNDLAND DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS PRODUCING WINDS TO HURRICANE
FORCE AND HEAVY RAINS.  ADDITIONAL LOCAL INFORMATION IS BEING
PROVIDED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.   MICHAEL IS FORECAST TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL WITHIN THE NEXT
12 HOURS. 

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 415 MILES...665 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
 
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...46.0 N... 57.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 52 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...100 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB.  

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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