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HURRICANE OLGA ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED NOV 28 2001

...OLGA MOVING SOUTHWESTWARD AND WEAKENING SLIGHTLY...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OLGA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  57.3 WEST OR ABOUT 440 
MILES...710 KM...EAST OF BERMUDA.
 
OLGA IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND 
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL 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 315 MILES...510 KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  979 MB...28.91 INCHES.

LARGE OCEAN SWELLS FROM HURRICANE OLGA WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
BERMUDA...PORTIONS OF THE U.S. EAST COAST...THE BAHAMAS...THE 
GREATER ANTILLES AND THE NORTHERN LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE 
NEXT FEW DAYS.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...31.1 N... 57.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 80 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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