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TROPICAL STORM ARLENE ADVISORY NUMBER  18A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM AST WED JUN 16 1999

...ARLENE CONTINUES DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  62.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 210 MILES...340 KM...SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
ARLENE IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH... 6 KM/HR
...AND A SLOW MOSTLY NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES ...230 KM
...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...30.2 N... 62.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST.
 
BEVEN/GUINEY
   
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