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HURRICANE MICHELLE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  31A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM EST TUE NOV 06 2001

...MICHELLE WEAKENING AND LOSING ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
INTERESTS IN THE BAHAMAS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL
WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 7 AM EST...1200Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF HURRICANE MICHELLE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  70.5 WEST OR ABOUT 
485 MILES...780 KM...SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
MICHELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH
...40 KM/HR...AND THIS DIRECTION OF MOTION...WITH A STEADY INCREASE 
IN FORWARD SPEED...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR 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 
MICHELLE MAY LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BECOME AN 
EXTRATROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LATER TODAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES...205 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 290 MILES...465 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  982 MB...29.00 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM EST POSITION...27.5 N... 70.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 982 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 10 AM EST. 

 
FORECASTER STEWART
  
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