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TROPICAL STORM FELIX ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST WED SEP 12 2001

...FELIX NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH... 
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELIX WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 48.9 WEST OR ABOUT
1750 MILES...2815 KM...SOUTHWEST OF LAJES IN THE AZORES.

FELIX IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 8 MPH ...13 KM/HR.  A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...100
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FELIX COULD BECOME A HURRICANE IN A DAY 
OR TWO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...22.3 N...48.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB.

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