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TROPICAL STORM FELIX ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST MON SEP 17 2001

...FELIX NEARLY STATIONARY AND WEAKENING SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELIX WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  31.7 WEST OR 
ABOUT 350 MILES...565 KM...SOUTHWEST OF LAJES IN THE AZORES 
ISLANDS.
 
FELIX IS NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT A SLOW DRIFT TO THE EAST OR 
SOUTHEAST IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES
...335 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
HEAVY SURF AND LARGE BATTERING WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
AFFECT THE AZORES ISLANDS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...35.1 N... 31.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR  2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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