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TROPICAL STORM FELIX ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED SEP 12 2001
 
...FELIX NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH... 
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELIX WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 49.0 WEST OR ABOUT 1590
MILES...2555 KM...SOUTHWEST OF LAJES IN THE AZORES.

FELIX IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR BUT IS 
FORECAST TO TURN TO THE NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FELIX IS EXPECTED TO BE A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR THURSDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  993 MB...29.32 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...23.3 N...  49.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...993 MB.

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

FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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