Hurricane FABIAN

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HURRICANE FABIAN ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT AUG 30 2003

...FABIAN BECOMES THE FIRST MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE SEASON...
 
HIGH RESOLUTION VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT AT 5 PM
AST...2100Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE FABIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
17.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 49.8 WEST OR ABOUT 775 MILES...1250 KM...
EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
FABIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. A GENERAL
WEST TO NORTHWEST TRACK IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 115 MPH...185
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THIS MAKES FABIAN A DANGEROUS CATEGORY
THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE 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 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...17.4 N... 49.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
  
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