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HURRICANE FELIX ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SAT SEP 15 2001

...FELIX WEAKENING WHILE MOVING EASTWARD OVER THE 
EASTERN ATLANTIC SHIPPING LANES...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELIX WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  38.7 WEST 
OR ABOUT 810 MILES...1305 KM...OF LAJES IN THE AZORES ISLANDS.
 
FELIX IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 
12 HOURS OR SO...WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST 
OR NORTHEAST EXPECTED IN ABOUT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  40 MILES... 65 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 195 MILES...315 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  970 MB...28.64 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...31.8 N... 38.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...105 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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