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HURRICANE CINDY ADVISORY NUMBER  37
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST FRI AUG 27 1999

...CINDY BECOMES SECOND MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE SEASON...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CINDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  57.2 WEST OR ABOUT ...500
MILES...800 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
CINDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH ...15 KM/HR... AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THIS MAKES CINDY A CATEGORY 3 ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON SCALE. 
SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...140 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 315 MILES...510 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  961 MB...28.38 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...29.1 N... 57.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 961 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST...SATURDAY.
 
JARVINEN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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