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HURRICANE FELIX ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT SEP 15 2001

...FELIX SLOWLY WEAKENING WHILE MOVING THROUGH THE 
EASTERN ATLANTIC SHIPPING LANES...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELIX WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  36.8 WEST 
OR ABOUT 610 MILES...1135 KM...SOUTHWEST OF LAJES IN THE
AZORES ISLANDS.
 
FELIX IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH
...30 KM/HR...AND A GENERAL EAST-NORTHEAST OR NORTHEASTWARD
MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW 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  975 MB...28.79 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...32.3 N... 36.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...100 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 975 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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