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HURRICANE CINDY ADVISORY NUMBER  40
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT AUG 28 1999
 
...CINDY MOVING OVER OPEN WATERS OF THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CINDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 31.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  58.8 WEST OR ABOUT 355 MILES...570
KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
CINDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH
...15 KM/HR...AND A TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
 
CINDY IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE
SCALE.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...220 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...140 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 315 MILES...510 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  944 MB...27.88 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...31.3 N... 58.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...140 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 944 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
FRANKLIN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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