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HURRICANE HUMBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST TUE SEP 25 2001

...HUMBERTO STILL A HURRICANE...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 38.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 61.9 WEST OR ABOUT 360
MILES...580 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SABLE ISLAND NOVA SCOTIA.

HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH
...22 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND 
HUMBERTO IS FORECAST TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...38.9 N... 61.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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