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HURRICANE CINDY ADVISORY NUMBER  38
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT AUG 28 1999

...POWERFUL CINDY CONTINUES NORTHWEST OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC...
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CINDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  57.9 WEST OR ABOUT 450 MILES...725
KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
CINDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR NEAR 130 MPH...215
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THIS MAKES CINDY A STRONG CATEGORY 3
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FURTHER INCREASE IN
STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE TODAY.
 
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  948 MB...27.99 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...29.6 N... 57.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 948 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM 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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