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HURRICANE HUMBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST TUE SEP 25 2001

...TENACIOUS HUMBERTO REFUSES TO WEAKEN...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 39.5 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 61.1 WEST OR ABOUT 310
MILES...500 KM...SOUTH OF SABLE ISLAND.

HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR.  A
TURN TO THE EAST WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWADR SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...39.5 N... 61.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.

FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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