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TROPICAL STORM CINDY ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SAT AUG 21 1999
 
...CINDY CONTINUES TO SLOWLY STRENGTHEN OVER FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  31.4 WEST OR ABOUT 450 MILES
... 730 KM...WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
CINDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...110
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND CINDY
IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...14.2 N... 31.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.
 
MAYFIELD
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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