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TROPICAL DEPRESSION FELIX ADVISORY NUMBER  40
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE SEP 18 2001
 
...FELIX CONTINUES TO WEAKEN SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FELIX WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  31.6 WEST OR ABOUT 
370 MILES...600 KM...SOUTHWEST OF LAJES IN THE AZORES ISLANDS.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST...AND 
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FELIX IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS AND MAY DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES... 
BASED ON A NEARBY BUOY REPORT.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...34.7 N... 31.6 W.  MOVEMENT
DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART/HOLWEG
 
 
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