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Post by NHC Olney Maryland on Aug 24, 2010 12:03:14 GMT -5
BULLETIN HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER 11 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL/OLNEY MD AL062010 500 AM AST TUE AUG 24 2010
...DANIELLE REACHES CATEGORY TWO STATUS...FAR OUT AT SEA...
SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...15.9N 44.6W ABOUT 1110 MI...1790 KM E OF THE LESSER ANTILLES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH...160 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...32 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...973 MB...28.73 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 44.6 WEST. DANIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND THEN NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DANIELLE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST... AND DANIELLE COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.
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 973 MB...28.73 INCHES.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- NONE.
NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST.
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