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TROPICAL STORM FLOYD ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST WED SEP 08 1999

...SIXTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS IN THE TROPICAL
ATLANTIC...

SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT HAS
STRENGTHENED AND IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLOYD
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  49.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 800 MILES...1300 KM..EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
 
FLOYD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH
...26 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND
TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONDITIONS FAVOR A CONTINUED INCREASE IN STRENGTH DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES ...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...15.6 N... 49.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
PASCH
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC.
 
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