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TROPICAL STORM FELIX ADVISORY NUMBER  39
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST TUE SEP 18 2001

...FELIX WEAKENING SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES ISLANDS...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELIX WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  32.1 WEST OR 
ABOUT 395 MILES...635 KM...SOUTHWEST OF LAJES IN THE 
AZORES ISLANDS.
 
FELIX IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE SOUTH NEAR 2 MPH...4 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS 
AND FELIX MAY DISSIPATE LATER TODAY OR WEDNESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...34.7 N... 32.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH NEAR  2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART/MAINELLI
  
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