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TROPICAL STORM FLOYD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  9A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST THU SEP 09 1999

..COR FOR MIN PRESSURE IN THE REPEAT SECTION

FLOYD MOVING SLOWER...NO CHANGE IN INTENSITY...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING CARIBBEAN
ISLANDS...ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...ANGUILLA... DUTCH SAINT MAARTEN...
FRENCH SAINT MARTIN AND SAINT BARTHELEMY.
 
ALL INTERESTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF FLOYD.
 
AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLOYD WAS LOCATED
BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE NEAR LATITUDE 18.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  57.2
WEST OR ABOUT 295 MILES...475 KM...EAST OF BARBUDA.
 
FLOYD HAS SLOWED DOWN AND IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10
MPH...26 KM/HR.  A TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED EARLY
FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FLOYD IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT RECENTLY REPORTED THE
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE TO BE 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...18.2 N... 57.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
AVILA
 
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