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HURRICANE HUMBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST WED SEP 26 2001
 
...TENACIOUS HUMBERTO STRENGTHENS A BIT OVER COOL WATERS...

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 40.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 59.7 WEST OR ABOUT 225
MILES...360 KM...SOUTH OF SABLE ISLAND NOVA SCOTIA.

AFTER TURNING BRIEFLY TO THE NORTH FOR SEVERAL HOURS...HUMBERTO IS
AGAIN MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH ...17 KM/HR.  A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  HUMBERTO WILL BE MOVING OVER MUCH COOLER WATER AND IS 
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH 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  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...40.7 N... 59.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 80 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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