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HURRICANE HUMBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST WED SEP 26 2001

...SURPRISING HUMBERTO NOW HAS WINDS ESTIMATED NEAR 105 MPH...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 41.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 58.7 WEST OR ABOUT 195
MILES...315 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SABLE ISLAND NOVA SCOTIA.

HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH ...19
KM/HR...AND A TURN TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

SATILLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE 
INCREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  HUMBERTO 
IS A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE 
SCALE.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  970 MB...28.64 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...41.3 N... 58.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...105 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.

FORECASTER PASCH/FORMOSA
 
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