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HURRICANE FELIX ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST THU SEP 13 2001
 
...FELIX BECOMES THE SECOND MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE SEASON...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE FELIX WAS LOCATED OVER
THE OPEN ATLANTIC NEAR LATITUDE 27.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 47.8 WEST OR
ABOUT 1410 MILES...2270 KM...SOUTHWEST OF LAJES IN THE AZORES.

FELIX IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR. A 
TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE REACHED NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS.  THIS MAKES FELIX A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE 
SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS 
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 185 MILES...295 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...27.5 N...47.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115
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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