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TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT SEP 22 2001
 
...HUMBERTO...THE 8TH TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS OVER THE 
NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC... 

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.0 WEST OR ABOUT
265 MILES...430 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.

HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR.
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH THEREAFTER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR 
...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  HUMBERTO COULD BECOME A HURRICANE DURING THE 
NEXT DAY OR SO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM
TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 998 
MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...29.0 N... 67.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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