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TROPICAL STORM FELIX ADVISORY NUMBER  38
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST TUE SEP 18 2001

...FELIX DRIFTING SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD AND WEAKENING...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELIX WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 34.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 32.2 WEST OR ABOUT 405
MILES..650 KM...SOUTHWEST OF LAJES IN THE AZORES.

FELIX IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST NEAR 2 MPH ...  4
KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...  75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...34.6 N... 32.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH SOUTHWEST NEAR  2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
 
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