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Hurricane DANIELLE (Text)

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HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL     AL062010
500 PM AST THU AUG 26 2010
 
...DANIELLE DEVELOPS AN EYE AND STRENGTHENS...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...25.2N 57.0W
ABOUT 680 MI...1095 KM SE OF BERMUDA
ABOUT 620 MI...1000 KM NE OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...968 MB...28.59 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.

INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DANIELLE.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 57.0 WEST. DANIELLE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.  A GENERAL MOTION TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...WITH A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 110 MPH...
175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  DANIELLE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  SATELLITE IMAGERY
INDICATES THAT DANIELLE HAS DEVELOPED A WELL-DEFINED EYE...AND IT
IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE TONIGHT OR FRIDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES...65 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 968 MB...28.59 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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