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BULLETIN
HURRICANE FRED ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072009
500 PM AST WED SEP 09 2009
 
...FRED WEAKENS A LITTLE...BUT STILL A MAJOR HURRICANE...

AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRED WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 33.3 WEST OR ABOUT 595 MILES...
955 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
FRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...20 KM/HR.  A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AND NORTH WITH A DECREASE
IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 115 MPH...
185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FRED IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
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 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.8N 33.3W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 315 DEGREES AT 13 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE/BERG