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HURRICANE HUMBERTO ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED SEP 26 2001
 
...HUMBERTO ACCELERATING EASTWARD AND WEAKENING... 
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HUMBERTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 42.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 53.3 WEST 
OR ABOUT 290 MILES...465 KM...SOUTH OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND. 
 
HUMBERTO IS NOW MOVING EASTWARD NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED 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 MAY LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON THURSDAY.
 
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 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...42.3 N...53.3 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 AM AST...THURSDAY.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN/AGUIRRE
 
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