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Post by NHC Olney Maryland on Sept 3, 2008 11:01:18 GMT -5
BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM IKE ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL/OLNEY MD AL092008 1100 PM AST TUE SEP 02 2008
...IKE HEADING TOWARD THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...A CYCLONE TO CAREFULLY WATCH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...
AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 47.9 WEST OR ABOUT 930 MILES...1500 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR. A MOTION BETWEEN THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND WEST WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND IKE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE ON WEDNESDAY.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM FROM THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...19.9 N...47.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...996 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM AST
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