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TROPICAL STORM CINDY ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST FRI AUG 20 1999

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FOUR BECOMES TROPICAL STORM CINDY...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 13.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  27.1 WEST OR ABOUT 175
MILES...280 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
CINDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...13.6 N... 27.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
BEVEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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