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Hurricane KARL (Text)

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HURRICANE KARL ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST MON SEP 20 2004
 
...KARL RE-STRENGTHENS TO CATEGORY 4 STATUS...

AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KARL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 19.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  47.4 WEST OR ABOUT  950
MILES...1530 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
 
KARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WITH A TURN TO THE NORTH THEREAFTER.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...220 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  KARL IS A MAJOR CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE AND SOME FLUCTUATIONS
IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  938 MB...27.70 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...19.1 N... 47.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...140 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 938 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BERG/JARVINEN
 
 
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