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HURRICANE IRIS FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL1101
0300Z TUE OCT 09 2001
 
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE HURRICANE WARNING
AREA SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
CARIBBEAN COASTS OF BELIZE...GUATEMALA...AND HONDURAS FROM THE
BORDER WITH GUATEMALA EASTWARD TO LIMON.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF THE
YUCATAN FROM FELIPE CARRILLO PUERTO SOUTHWARD TO THE BORDER WITH
BELIZE.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 16.4N  88.7W AT 09/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  10 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 260 DEGREES AT  16 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  954 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 120 KT WITH GUSTS TO 145 KT.
64 KT....... 15NE  15SE  10SW  15NW.
50 KT....... 25NE  25SE  15SW  25NW.
34 KT.......125NE  50SE  40SW  60NW.
12 FT SEAS..200NE 150SE   0SW   0NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 16.4N  88.7W AT 09/0300Z
AT 09/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 16.5N  88.0W
 
FORECAST VALID 09/1200Z 16.0N  92.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 20NE  20SE  20SW  20NW.
34 KT... 75NE  40SE  40SW  40NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 10/0000Z 15.9N  95.9W...INLAND
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 10/1200Z...INLAND
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 16.4N  88.7W
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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