Hurricane KARL

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HURRICANE KARL ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 AM AST WED SEP 22 2004

...POWERFUL KARL HEADING NORTH OVER OPEN WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KARL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  49.5 WEST OR ABOUT 1500
MILES...2420 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF FAYAL ISLAND IN THE WESTERN
AZORES.
 
KARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 17 MPH ...28 KM/HR.  A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...140 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 290 MILES...465 KM.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  955 MB...28.20 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...25.7 N... 49.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...115 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 955 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER BLAKE/PASCH
 
 
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