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TROPICAL STORM IRENE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  2A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT WED OCT 13 1999

...IRENE STRENGTHENING...LIKELY TO REACH WESTERN CUBA AS A
HURRICANE...A THREAT TO FLORIDA...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CUBA INCLUDING THE
PROVINCES OF PINAR DEL RIO...HAVANA...CIUDAD HAVANA...MATANZAS AND
THE ISLE OF YOUTH.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE FLORIDA KEYS
WEST OF CRAIG KEY INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS.
  
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 20.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  83.5 WEST OR ABOUT 170 MILES
...275 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HAVANA CUBA.
 
IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH ...15 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS
TRACK IRENE SHOULD CROSS WESTERN CUBA ON THURSDAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR
...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  IRENE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE
BEFORE CROSSING WESTERN CUBA.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES
...205 KM...TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE WAS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.
 
HEAVY RAINS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF IRENE.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...20.7 N... 83.5 W.  MOVEMENT...
TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB.  
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.
 
PASCH
 
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