ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
HURRICANE HUMBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST SUN SEP 23 2001

...HUMBERTO STRENGTHENS SOME MORE...NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 33.2 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 67.0 WEST OR ABOUT 150
MILES...240 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA.

HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH ...17 KM/HR...AND A
TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO.

REPORTS FROM NOAA AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 
HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  HOWEVER...WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO BEGIN ON MONDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 105 MILES...165 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  983 MB...29.03 INCHES.

THE HURRICANE HAS BEEN NEAR ITS POINT OF CLOSEST APPROACH TO
BERMUDA...WHERE WIND GUSTS TO 37 MPH WERE RECENTLY REPORTED.
INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR HUMBERTOS PROGRESS UNTIL IT
MOVES SAFELY AWAY.

REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...33.2 N... 67.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...100 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 983 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST...MONDAY.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
NNNN