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Hurricane FRED (Text)


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HURRICANE FRED ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072009
1100 PM AST WED SEP 09 2009
 
...FRED WEAKENING...NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...

AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRED WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 15.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 33.7 WEST OR ABOUT 645 MILES...
1040 KM...WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
FRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTH AND NORTH-NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...
165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FRED IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...15.3N 33.7W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...965 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BERG
 
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